Microsoft KB Archive/268778

= OFF2000: Office Programs Ignore System Policy When You Use Open Command =

Article ID: 268778

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268778



Microsoft Office 2000 = OF2000



SYMPTOMS
In the Office 2000 programs listed at the beginning of this article, when you click Open on the File menu, you can browse to restricted drives, even though drive access is restricted via Group Policy.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

  Date        Time    Version     Size       File name       Platform ---  10/27/2000  01:30a  0.0.0.0000    544,256  MSO9.msp        x86 10/27/2000 01:37a  0.0.0.0000  2,904,576  MSO9_Admin.msp  x86 05/04/2000 04:53p  0.0.0.0000      3,059  Readme.txt      x86 After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date        Time    Version     Size       File name       Platform ---  10/26/2000  09:34a  9.0.0.4625  5,595,185  Mso9.dll        x86



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about this issue, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249946 OFF2000: Office Programs Ignore System Policy to Hide Places Bar

302753 OFF2000: Office Programs Can Browse Restricted Drives

Additional query words: QFE wd2000 ppt2000 xl2000 pub2000 fp2000 acc2000 off2000

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kbbug kbfix KB268778

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