Microsoft KB Archive/284875

= Local user and group permissions for Excel are valid on any computer =

Article ID: 284875

Article Last Modified on 6/27/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition

 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 

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This article was previously published under Q284875

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SYMPTOMS
If you specify permissions on ranges in a Microsoft Excel workbook to allow users access to parts of that protected workbook, a user without permissions may be able to edit those ranges on a different computer.

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CAUSE
This behavior can occur if all of the following conditions are true:
 * A local user or group on your computer is given permission to edit the range.
 * A local user or group with the same name exists on another computer.
 * A user on another computer, who either has that local user name or who is a member of that local group, opens the workbook.

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WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, give permissions to domain users and groups instead of local users and groups.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows Vista have access control lists (ACLs) that contain computer, user, and group names. When you open a workbook in which the permission to edit ranges is assigned to a user or group, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista match the user name or group name with a valid member in the ACL. If a local user or group matches the text, that local user or group has permission to edit the range.

Additional query words: XL2002 prb XL2007 XL2K7 XL2003 XL2K3

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB284875

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