GrimRe,

Sorry but I ran over a 1/2 dozen unprotect and repair utilities I have on the files you supplied without any luck. I tried every mdw file you supplied and worked on it for about 4 hours without success. Everything shows that the mdb is not protected with a password and none of the repair or crack utilities I have worked. I was not able to open the mdb file no matter what I did with it. I keep getting the permission error (which I've attached.) I'm assuming this is the same error you're getting and as StarTrekker mentioned, it stems from not having the original mdw file. Without that, there's not much else I can do with it.

If you cannot even open the mdb and get the same error as that I've attached, I might suggest you gather your old nightly backups and perhaps restore back in time to a date where you know you were able to get into the mdb with the correct mdw file.

I noticed a post by pootle flump on Wayne Philips which might be someone who can help you: http://www.everythingaccess.com/