Re: Office 2003 Service Pack 3--subsequent problems opening Publis

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According to the description there is no known issues with the security patch. I
am guessing folks that coded the security patch had no known problems.

MS08-027: Description of the security bulletin for Publisher 2003: May 13, 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950213/en-us

MS08-027: Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher could allow remote code execution
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951208/en-us


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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, Mary, my plan for a controlled update didn't work! After I reinstalled
Service Pack 3 and found that that did NOT cause my problem, a huge
thunderstorm came through and I turned off my computer--all of the updates
automatically came through again! And, the problem with open the files came
back too! I can OPEN my files, it's just that I get a warning message every
time--it says that Publisher DETECTS a possible problem and if I know that
the file came from a secure source, go ahead and open it, otherwise click
'cancel.' The update that I'm SUSPECTING may be causing this is KB950213
"Security Update for Microsoft Publisher 2003."

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Let me know what update you think caused the grief. Maybe it is why I can't
open
some files I receive from other folks. The only update I have that ends with
213
is the Silverlight program, May 23.

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As you suggested, I did a system restore to a point before I did any
updates.
Then, I checked my Publisher files and all opened without the pop-up
message.
I then installed Service Pack 3 and no other updates. I again checked my
Publisher files and they are FINE. Thus, you are correct in that it was one
of the Microsoft security updates that created the problem. I thought that
I
would wait until tomorrow and do one update a day so that when I find which
of the updates is creating the problem, I can restore back to just that
point
(since the Service Pack 3 update takes a good hour). One of the updates
(the
number ended in 213) was a security update for Publisher, so I'm guessing
at
this point that that is the problem. I will keep you posted. Thanks for
your
help.

"Austin" wrote:

Mary--I think you are right about a security update causing the problem as
I
ran a number of Microsoft security updates right after Service Pak 3--is
it
better to rremove the security updates or will this problem be resolved by
Microsoft in an upcoming update?

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Try a system restore to before you installed the service pack. It more
than
likely is a security update rather than the service pack. I get your
message
when I open files from other folks. One security update completely ruled
out
opening early version Publisher files.

The .docx extension can be used by downloading the compatible file. It
wasn't
available in the 2003 service pack, maybe it was a later update.
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File
Formats
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

Did you add the "PromptForBadFiles" in the registry as suggested in the
first
article?

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mary--the files aren't corrupted. The problem started the minute I
re-booted
my system after installing Service Pack 3. I was wondering if there
were
some
minor updates included within that service pack that might not mesh
correctly
with the version of Publisher that I'm using. After installing the
service
pack, I am now able to open Word documents with the docx extension
(whereas I
couldn't prior to the installation--that's why I downloaded it in the
first
place). So, since this problem started immediately after the
installation
and
reboot, and affects all of my Publisher files from February on, I'm
assuming
that it must be related. Also, when I click "OK" to the message, the
files
open just fine and I proceed normally. I just don't want to have to
keep
getting that message. Thanks, Sue

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

Are you using the same publication over and over? Sounds as though
you
have
some
corruption going on.
How to troubleshoot a damaged publication in Publisher
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198256/en-us
Do you have Norton?
How to use Office programs with the Norton AntiVirus Office plug-in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329820/
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I create one large newsletter per month in Microsoft Publisher 2003.
I
just
went back and was able to open my February edition without getting
the
message, but for each subsequent month's issue/Publisher file, I
get
the
message that I quoted in my original post. Thanks, Sue

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

All publications?

Error message when you try to open a publication in Publisher:
"Publisher
cannot
open the file" or "Publisher has detected a problem"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928890/en-us
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Austin" <Austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I run Publisher 2003 on Windows XP. On June 13, I updated my
system
with
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 so that I could open Word documents
with
the
file
ext docx. Subsequent to the Service Pack 3 installation,
whenever I
open
a
Publisher file (which I created), I get the following message:
"Publisher
has
detected a problem in the file you are trying to open. If you
are
certain
that this file came from a trusted source and does not contain
harmful
information, click OK." What is causing this and is there a way
to
stop
this
pop-up message?














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