MS Access 2007 opening in read only for a client

Hi all,
I have a client that is using a shared database with 6 other people in their office. He is the first one to move to Windows 7.
He can open the database without any problem, but it opens as read only. I've seen others with similar issues in this and other forums. I wondered if there are solutions out there for this?

Smorley,
> I have a client that is using a shared database with 6 other people in
> their office. He is the first one to move to Windows 7.
>
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version of the client you are using.
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