Microsoft KB Archive/302753

= Office 2000 programs can browse restricted drives =

Article ID: 302753

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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This article was previously published under Q302753



SYMPTOMS
After you establish a group policy to restrict access to a drive by selecting the Hide these specified drives in My Computer and Prevent access to drives from My Computer options, you can use a Microsoft Office program to browse and read the contents of the drive.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when your operating system is Microsoft Windows 2000. The problem occurs because of the way that policies are applied. When you restrict access to a drive by establishing a group policy, restrictions apply to users, but they do not apply to services and programs. Because the browse feature is performed through a program such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word, the program is permitted to view the drive. As a result, when you define a group policy and select the Hide these specified drives in My Computer and Prevent access to drives from My Computer options on a specific drive, the drive is read-only with respect to Microsoft Office 2000 programs.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain and install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or a later version. The problem does not occur in any version of Microsoft Office XP or Microsoft Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 How to obtain the latest Office 2000 service pack

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. 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



MORE INFORMATION
The problem that is described in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section applies to all versions of Office 2000 before Office 2000 SP3.

Note After Office 2000 is installed and the group policy is applied, you can configure a Microsoft Office program to browse and open files on a restricted drive. However, you cannot save files to the drive.

