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



 
 
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Old March 17th, 2010, 07:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft.public.word.conversions
Ant[_4_]
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Default "This is a pre-release version of the Compatibility Pack and canopen pre-release Office 2007 files only. Do you want to check for a newerversion of the Compatibility Pack?"

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you want to check for a newer version of the Compatibility Pack?"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/d...3-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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we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken
over--'conquered', if you will--by a master race of giant space ants.
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
trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to...toil
in their underground sugar caves."--Kent Brockman in The Simpsons' Deep
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  #2  
Old April 17th, 2010, 09:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft.public.word.conversions
Ant[_4_]
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Default "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\Offi ce\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/d...3-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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Old April 17th, 2010, 11:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.word.application.errors
LD55ZRA
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Default "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 softwa

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

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.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.office.setup/browse_thread/thread/f2cb120a1c870c4b#

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\Offi ce\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/d...3-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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INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF
BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD55ZRA OR ITS
ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

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  #4  
Old April 17th, 2010, 11:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Ant[_4_]
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Default "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?"

I did download that one. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling it.
It did not help. My client gets all kinds of documents from his clients
and friends. So it is hard to tell them that they are using prereleased
Office versions.


On 4/17/2010 3:08 PM PT, LD55ZRA typed:


Please download the latest final version and stop using
pre-release versions of any softwa

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

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.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.office.setup/browse_thread/thread/f2cb120a1c870c4b#

--
"... Ooh, we haven't done that in a long time. I love picnics. I'll
bring my ant jar." --The Berenstain Bears (unknown episode)
/\___/\ 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.
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Old April 17th, 2010, 11:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
LD55ZRA
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Default "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?"

Ant wrote:

I did download that one. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling
it. It did not help. My client gets all kinds of documents from his
clients and friends. So it is hard to tell them that they are using
prereleased Office versions.



Well in that case it is time to tell them to reformat their HD and start
afresh using latest versions because using pre-release versions or trial
versions on a live production system is in my opinion a very bad idea.
indeed. I can't use any other colorful language here because M$ is
working hard censoring messages.

Your client should reformat the HD, install windows again with SP3 if
using XP or SP2 if using Vista. They don't need to install any other
patches if they don't want to (Personally, I haven't installed any
patches post SP3 of WindowsXP, or SP2 of Vista or SP2 of Office 2007).
If they are using Windows 7 then they need to install about 142 patches
to make it run relatively trouble free but it is still in beta IMHO
until SP1 comes out.

These pre-release versions and trial versions are never stable and that
is why they are released for the public to test it out for M$ for free.
If your client asks you to fix it for them then clearly you should wipe
their system clean and install everything again. Make sure you back up
their data and also ask them to give you all the CDs and serial numbers
of their applications on that system.

hth


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KIND. LD55ZRA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LD55ZRA
OR ITS ASSOCIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF
BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF LD55ZRA OR ITS
ASSOCIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Copyright LD55ZRA 2010.

  #6  
Old April 18th, 2010, 12:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
Ant[_4_]
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Default "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?"

On 4/17/2010 3:53 PM PT, LD55ZRA typed:

Well in that case it is time to tell them to reformat their HD and start
afresh using latest versions because using pre-release versions or trial
versions on a live production system is in my opinion a very bad idea.
indeed. I can't use any other colorful language here because M$ is
working hard censoring messages.
Your client should reformat the HD, install windows again with SP3 if
using XP or SP2 if using Vista. They don't need to install any other
patches if they don't want to (Personally, I haven't installed any
patches post SP3 of WindowsXP, or SP2 of Vista or SP2 of Office 2007).
If they are using Windows 7 then they need to install about 142 patches
to make it run relatively trouble free but it is still in beta IMHO
until SP1 comes out.

These pre-release versions and trial versions are never stable and that
is why they are released for the public to test it out for M$ for free.
If your client asks you to fix it for them then clearly you should wipe
their system clean and install everything again. Make sure you back up
their data and also ask them to give you all the CDs and serial numbers
of their applications on that system.


Yeah, that's great if it they were my clients but they're not. Oh
well, nothing I can do for now. I was able to open the problematic docx
file in old MS Office 2000's Word 2000 SP3 with the same converter pack
in an old XP Pro. SP3 machine. Then, I saved it as a Word 97 file format
and resend to my client. It worked. Weird, eh?
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instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she
fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny." --Saturday Night Live
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Old April 18th, 2010, 05:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft.public.word.conversions
Graham Mayor
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Default "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\Offi ce\12.0\Word\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"Word12BetaFilesFromConverters"=dword:00000000


and merge it with the registry.

--

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My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




"Ant" wrote in message
...
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\Offi ce\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/d...3-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.



  #8  
Old April 18th, 2010, 05:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.word.application.errors,microsoft.public.word.conversions
Ant[_4_]
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Default "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\Offi ce\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.
  #9  
Old April 28th, 2010, 03:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.word.application.errors
Darrell
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Default "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\Offi ce\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.
.

  #10  
Old April 30th, 2010, 10:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.officeupdate,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup,microsoft.public.word.application.errors
Ant
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Default "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\Offi ce\12.0\Word\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"Word12BetaFilesFromConverters"=dword:00000000


and merge it with the registry.

 




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