"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and canopen pre-release Office 2007 files o

[Ant]

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you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility Pack?"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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It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume

the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain,

there is no stopping them the ants will soon be here. And I, for one,

welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a

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in their underground sugar caves."--Kent Brockman in The Simpsons' Deep

Space Homer (1F13) episode.

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\ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi@earthlink.netANT

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Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.

 

[Ant]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack andcan open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for anewer version of the Compatibility Pack?"

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.

 

[LD55ZRA]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack andcanopen pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check foranewer version of the Compatibility Pack?"

Please download the latest final version and stop using

pre-release versions of any software:







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.







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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[Graham Mayor]

"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?"

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.



--

>< >< >< >< >< >< > 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.[/color]

 

[Ant]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack andcan open pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for anewer version of the Compatibility Pack?"

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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/\___/\ 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.

 

[Darrell]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and c

Have you found a fix for this yet? I started having the same problem on our

Citrix/Terminal Server after applying Microsoft's April updates over the

weekend. Last week everything worked correctly using Office XP (2002) with

the Compatibility Pack installed and this week everyone just gets the

"pre-release version..." message. I suspect therefore that it was one of the

several patches Microsoft put out this month but, prior to starting the

removal process, I was wondering if anyone has pinpointed the fix yet?



"Ant" wrote:



> 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.

> --

> "Don't be no Ant-Man. An Ant-Man has very low horizons." --Forrest Gump

> /\___/\ 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.

> .

>

 

[undisclosed]

Well, it's nice to know we are not alone.

Citrix/Terminal Servers, Windows 2000, Office XP, and we just applied

the April updates from Microsoft.



We will try Graham's fix today and post back later with our results.

--

Barry



Darrell1770684 Wrote:

> Have you found a fix for this yet? I started having the same problem on

> our

> Citrix/Terminal Server after applying Microsoft's April updates over

> the

> weekend. Last week everything worked correctly using Office XP (2002)

> with

> the Compatibility Pack installed and this week everyone just gets the

> "pre-release version..." message. I suspect therefore that it was one

> of the

> several patches Microsoft put out this month but, prior to starting

> the

> removal process, I was wondering if anyone has pinpointed the fix yet?

>

>





--

bdrake

 

[Ant]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and c

No, I haven't and did not get a chance to try that registry file yet.



Curious. What type of machines are you using with these problems? Windows

2000 SP4? I keep both OS and Office updated with the latest patches from MS

Updates.





"Darrell" wrote:



> Have you found a fix for this yet? I started having the same problem on our

> Citrix/Terminal Server after applying Microsoft's April updates over the

> weekend. Last week everything worked correctly using Office XP (2002) with

> the Compatibility Pack installed and this week everyone just gets the

> "pre-release version..." message. I suspect therefore that it was one of the

> several patches Microsoft put out this month but, prior to starting the

> removal process, I was wondering if anyone has pinpointed the fix yet?

>

> "Ant" wrote:

>

> > 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.

 

[undisclosed]

For some reason, even logged in as the local administrator, the server

wouldn't let us create the Policies key under HKCU\Software.



We are running our Citrix servers as virtual machines. To test which

patch caused the problem, we spun up a new copy and reapplied the April

updates. The compatibility pack didn't break. We'll be replacing the

servers with the updated image this weekend, so we will only keep

working on this problem if it recurs. Sorry, I know that's not much

help.

--

Barry





bdrake1770706 Wrote:

> Well, it's nice to know we are not alone.

> Citrix/Terminal Servers, Windows 2000, Office XP, and we just applied

> the April updates from Microsoft.

>

> We will try Graham's fix today and post back later with our results.

> --

> Barry





--

bdrake

 

[Allen]

"This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and c

We have tried everything up to and including completely reloading the Citrix

PS3 Wk2 TS's we're having this problem on. It started with the April updates

for us as well. We have a work around in that we use VM's for our production

servers, and could revert to a previous version.



However, we are still looking for a solution for this, as we'll be unable to

build new updated images until we can resolve the problem.



We have tried installing the Admin templets, as well as adding the registry

key without effect.



In addition to the stander "Pre-Release version of ..." error when opening

files, we recieve "Error opening file" when attempting to save files in the

..docx format as well. I have attempted this in both normal mode, and safe

mode, as a local admin, user, and domain admin and user. I have verified file

and folder permissions and am still banging my head against this one.



Has anyone come up with anything else to try on this?