still to try: art2kmin MS data access vb6run MS Visual Basic 6 runtime (re-register .dll files with regserv32) vcrun6 MS Visual C++ 6 sp4 libraries (mfc42, msvcp60, msvcrt) native_mdac Override odbc32 and odbccp32 password for .mdb files? google Access.lockFile.9 &SEPData.ldb temp files should keep me busy