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Thread: Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode

Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode
TJ 12/16/2008 2:27:01 PM
I am getting the standard security warnings when I open any of my Access 2003
database. So I went into the Macro/Security option and turned the security
warnings to low. Now when I reload the database its like I did nothing at
all; the warnings are back and the setting is back to medium.

I thought that I could get around this by editing the sandbox option
directly in the registry at
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Jet/4.0/Engines/SandBoxMode however this seems to not
have worked either. The registry entry now has a value of 0. but the security
warning still shows up and the setting is back to medium (with the reg entry
at 0).

Is this what we would call a "feature" or is there a patch or something
somewhere to correct this?
Re: Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode
"Chris O'C via AccessMonster.com" <u29189[ at ]uwe> 12/22/2008 3:49:35 AM
Group Policy settings will reset your registry settings for the next time you
log in.

Chris
Microsoft MVP


TJ wrote:
[Quoted Text]
>I am getting the standard security warnings when I open any of my Access 2003
>database. So I went into the Macro/Security option and turned the security
>warnings to low. Now when I reload the database its like I did nothing at
>all; the warnings are back and the setting is back to medium.
>
>I thought that I could get around this by editing the sandbox option
>directly in the registry at
>HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Jet/4.0/Engines/SandBoxMode however this seems to not
>have worked either. The registry entry now has a value of 0. but the security
>warning still shows up and the setting is back to medium (with the reg entry
>at 0).
>
>Is this what we would call a "feature" or is there a patch or something
>somewhere to correct this?

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Re: Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode
TJ 12/22/2008 11:30:01 AM
Right I thought that too. However when I briefly upgraded from 2003 to 2007
the problem was solved and I was able to permanently turn off the security
warnings. Plus the registry entry never changes back from 0 only the setting
in Access changes.

Also I noticed if I deleted the SandBoxMode registry entry it would be
recreated next time I loaded access with a value of 2. This leads me to
beleive that I was changing the correct entry initially and that the problem
is in Access not the group policy settings.

thanks,
TJ

"Chris O'C via AccessMonster.com" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> Group Policy settings will reset your registry settings for the next time you
> log in.
>
> Chris
> Microsoft MVP
>
>
> TJ wrote:
> >I am getting the standard security warnings when I open any of my Access 2003
> >database. So I went into the Macro/Security option and turned the security
> >warnings to low. Now when I reload the database its like I did nothing at
> >all; the warnings are back and the setting is back to medium.
> >
> >I thought that I could get around this by editing the sandbox option
> >directly in the registry at
> >HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Jet/4.0/Engines/SandBoxMode however this seems to not
> >have worked either. The registry entry now has a value of 0. but the security
> >warning still shows up and the setting is back to medium (with the reg entry
> >at 0).
> >
> >Is this what we would call a "feature" or is there a patch or something
> >somewhere to correct this?
>
> --
> Message posted via AccessMonster.com
> http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-security/200812/1
>
>
Re: Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode
"Chris O'C via AccessMonster.com" <u29189[ at ]uwe> 12/22/2008 6:22:04 PM
What you're describing is a setting that's overriding the Access registry
settings. The usual suspect on that is group policy settings. That's why I
suggested it.

When you were asked "Do you want to evaluate unsafe expressions?" what was
your answer?

Chris
Microsoft MVP


TJ wrote:
[Quoted Text]
>Right I thought that too. However when I briefly upgraded from 2003 to 2007
>the problem was solved and I was able to permanently turn off the security
>warnings. Plus the registry entry never changes back from 0 only the setting
>in Access changes.

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Re: Unable to Turn off Sandbox mode
"Chris O'C via AccessMonster.com" <u29189[ at ]uwe> 12/22/2008 6:27:06 PM
You get this new registry entry after you delete it because you have Jet 4
sp8 installed, not because you have Access installed. Earlier versions of
Jet have no effect on this registry key.

Chris
Microsoft MVP


TJ wrote:
[Quoted Text]
>Also I noticed if I deleted the SandBoxMode registry entry it would be
>recreated next time I loaded access with a value of 2. This leads me to
>beleive that I was changing the correct entry initially and that the problem
>is in Access not the group policy settings.

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