hmmm...so i opened your utility with 2003 and had it unlock the troublesome mdb, but it says that it could not proceed because it did not have access to MySysdb. This was after I joined the system.mda workgroup file. when i start up access 2003 as user Admin, I cannot access Tools > Security > User and Group accounts since I don't have read permissions on "MySysAccounts"
this is getting stranger and stranger...