Yet Another Untrusted Intranet Problem

Hi All

I've Googled my problem and read a dozen of posts on this site but I still have not resolved my problem. Since there appear to be lots of people with the same issue maybe one of you kind people can help me go through this task by task.

I have split my Access Db into a Front End (FE) and Back End (BE), thanks to Rural Guy for helping out with that some months ago. The FE resides on my Desktop PC and the BE on my laptop. They are connected via cable through a router on my local network.


FE PC
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Access 2002 SP3
Windows XPPro SP2
IE7.0.5730.11

BE Laptop
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Access 2007
Windows XPPro
IE7.0.5730.11


When I try to link my FE to the tables on the BE, I get the all too familar:-

"The file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site" etc etc


Here's what I've checked so far.

1. Done A TRACERT to my make sure my Laptop (BE) is on my local network. It only took 1 hop so nothing's routed outside

2. Checked the IE Options (security) on my Desktop (FE) PC to verify that the IP address of my Laptop is in the Local Intranet zones.

3. Checked the IE Options (security) on my Desktop (FE) PC to verify that the IP address of my Laptop is in the Trusted Sites (both http and https)

4. Set the IE Options (security) on my Desktop (FE) PC for both Local Intranet and Trusted Sites to LOW.

5. Checked that from my FE Desktop I can read, write and modify (documents) on the Laptop share in which the BE resides.

6. Checked the Properties box for my BE .mdb to see if there is a UNBLOCK tick box. It does not have one.

7. Checked that EVERYONE has Full Control, Change and Read permissions on the BE folder and it's parent folder.

This error also happened when my Laptop only had Access 2002 too so I don;t think it's a mis-match of the Access versions.


Hmmm... I've run out of ideas now.

As always, any help gratefully accepted....

Thanks