Microsoft KB Archive/840645

= You cannot turn off the Detect and Repair feature in Clip Organizer for Office 2003 =

Article ID: 840645

Article Last Modified on 4/7/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003

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Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Clip Organizer for Microsoft Office 2003, you cannot turn off the Detect and Repair feature.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because there is no policy template available that will let you turn off the Detect and Repair feature for Clip Organizer.



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of the article to set the  registry key and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Microsoft Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package that is dated August 20, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

842772 Description of the Office 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: August 20, 2004

After you install this hotfix, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;More Information&quot; section of this article to set the DisableDetectandRepair registry key and to activate the hotfix.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To activate this hotfix, follow these steps:  Quit your Office 2003 programs. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. Clip organizer support three registry subkeys. If any one of these three registry subkeys has a value of 1, the Detect and Repair feature is turned off.

Locate and then click to select one of the following registry subkeys:

 

 

 

 Note If the Clip Organizer subkey does not exist, follow these steps to create the subkey:  With the 11.0 subkey selected, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click Key.</li> Type Clip Organizer, and then press ENTER.</li></ol> </li> If the  registry subkey DWORD value is not present in the registry subkey that is specified in step 4, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value.</li> Type DisableDetectandRepair, and then press ENTER.</li> Right-click DisableDetectandRepair, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.

Note Repeat steps 4 to 9 for each registry subkey that is listed in step 4.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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