Re: Document Workspace edit/check out problem

From: Mike Walsh (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:44:14 +0300

It's a wild guess but there's a Word 2003 KB article about Word 2003 not
opening and/or not creating documents from WSS sites.

This is if you have the beta version of the Rights Management Add-on for
Internet Explorer installed on your client.

A wild shot but if you want to look at it then it's at

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;831115

"Word 2003 May Stop Responding When You Open a Word 2003 Document from a
SharePoint Site"

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
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"MrPhil" <pdhpoolplayer1957@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f8e50d0e.0408170701.7b5821e3@posting.google.com...
> (please pardon the cross-post; original in wrong group)
> I've created a document workspace through the Word2003
> interface. The workspace was created just fine; I added contributors
> and readers, and everyone can get to the space and view the document.
>
> Except me. (I'm the only user with Office 2K3 installed; others are 2K
> or 2K2.)
>
> I can open the workspace site just fine, but when I try to edit the
> document, or check it out, or select any of the options from the
> dropdown menu on the document, IE6 freezes solid. Likewise through
> the Windows Explorer path to the Shared Documents folder: Windows
> Explorer freezes. There are no clues in the event logs.
>
> Has anyone experienced similar behavior? Does anyone have a solution?
>
> TIA for your time and expertise.
>
> Phil H.

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