I'm a noob....help me please :P

[RepliMagni]

As the title says basically.

My lecturer sent me some word documents that he got off his old lecturer, but I can't open them because word keeps giving me this error message:

"You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting."

Anyone know a way around this? I'm using Office 03 on this comp......I can get it to open in Notepad, but some of it comes out as random symbols....

yes, I'm a computer noob, help me please

[RepliMagni]

open in word pad if you have it


if not try copy and pasting from notepad to Microsoft Word

it might auto fix it, who knows

Word pad says can't open documents from windows 2.0.

Tried copying and pasting.....it just has a bigger hissy fit and mutates the pretty symbols for a few hundred pages

Thanks for trying though

[shooty08]

try this: http://howbits.com/fixmicrosoft-office-files-blocked/

and for future reference, google keywords ('microsoft 2.0 registry policy issues' in this case) lots of people have worked very hard to find every problem possible, chances are there's a fix out there if you know how to look for it

[RepliMagni]

try this: http://howbits.com/fixmicrosoft-office-files-blocked/

and for future reference, google keywords ('microsoft 2.0 registry policy issues' in this case) lots of people have worked very hard to find every problem possible, chances are there's a fix out there if you know how to look for it

Yay.....now I can see what medieval accounts Durham Priory has

Thanks for the help. I've tried googling similar problems before but it normally throws so many technical terms at me I'm lost.

Cheers.....woot! woot! *Goes off to the records office to do some more work*