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From: Ant on 17 Apr 2010 16:54
Hi!

I am still trying to fix this, but I did find
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926054 ... but the workarounds do not
exist in registry (do not see
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\) and
gpedit.msc (can't find that Office2007Converters.adm file anywhere on
the HDD).

Has anyone run into this problem and fixed it?


On 3/16/2010 11:42 PM PT, Ant typed:

> Hello.
>
> I have a client who is still using old Office 2002/XP SP3 on his old
> Windows 2000 SP4 Dell desktop Optiplex GX280 PC. Both his Windows and
> Office have all the latest updates from MS updates.
>
> He downloaded a Word docx file through Firefox v3.6 and was unable to
> open it due to an error: "This is a pre-release version of the
> Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do
> you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility Pack?"
>
> I tried uninstalling and reinstalling "Microsoft Office Compatibility
> Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats" from
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466
>
> &displaylang=en and redownloading Office 2007 updates from MS updates,
> but they did not help. I also saw http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926054
> ... but that doesn't make sense because I was able to open this document
> on my even older Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Office 2000 and Microsoft
> Office Compatibility Pack with all the latest updates. It did ask me to
> convert from Office 2007 (detected unlike my client's).
>
> Is there a bug/glitch or something with the converter with Office
> 2002/XP and/or Windows 2000 SP4? Thank you in advance. :)
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From: LD55ZRA on 17 Apr 2010 18:08

Please download the latest final version and stop using
pre-release versions of any software:

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en>

The above version requires:

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista;
Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows
XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3.

<http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.office.setup/browse_thread/thread/f2cb120a1c870c4b#>

hth


Ant wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I am still trying to fix this, but I did find
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926054 ... but the workarounds do not
> exist in registry (do not see
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\) and
> gpedit.msc (can't find that Office2007Converters.adm file anywhere on
> the HDD).
>
> Has anyone run into this problem and fixed it?
>
> On 3/16/2010 11:42 PM PT, Ant typed:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have a client who is still using old Office 2002/XP SP3 on his old
> > Windows 2000 SP4 Dell desktop Optiplex GX280 PC. Both his Windows and
> > Office have all the latest updates from MS updates.
> >
> > He downloaded a Word docx file through Firefox v3.6 and was unable to
> > open it due to an error: "This is a pre-release version of the
> > Compatibility Pack and can open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do
> > you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility Pack?"
> >
> > I tried uninstalling and reinstalling "Microsoft Office Compatibility
> > Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats" from
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466
> >
> > &displaylang=en and redownloading Office 2007 updates from MS updates,
> > but they did not help. I also saw http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926054
> > ... but that doesn't make sense because I was able to open this document
> > on my even older Windows XP Pro. SP3 with Office 2000 and Microsoft
> > Office Compatibility Pack with all the latest updates. It did ask me to
> > convert from Office 2007 (detected unlike my client's).
> >
> > Is there a bug/glitch or something with the converter with Office
> > 2002/XP and/or Windows 2000 SP4? Thank you in advance. :)
> --
> "... Something wrong with the gun," he said. "But what if there is?
> They'll get it right again. And even if there's a delay, how can it
> alter the end? It's just men and ants. There's the ants builds their
> cities, live their lives, have wars, revolutions, until the men want
> them out of the way, and then they go out of the way. That's what we are
> now -- just ants. Only --" "Yes," "We're eatable ants..." --H.G. Wells'
> The War of the Worlds
> /\___/\ Phil./Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
> / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net
> | |o o| |
> \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link.
> ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed.
> Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.

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From: Ant on 18 Apr 2010 12:34
Thanks. I will try that next time I see him and his computer. :)


On 4/17/2010 9:57 PM PT, Graham Mayor typed:

> If the registry key doesn't exist - add it.
> Either add it manually or save the following from Notepad as a text file
> called (say) patch.reg
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Security\FileOpenBlock]
> "Word12BetaFilesFromConverters"=dword:00000000
>
>
> and merge it with the registry.
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