File is empty when opening in Windows CS2 after saving from Leopard CS3

I have CS3 installed on my new Mac running Leopard. When I save a file and take it to my windows machine running CS2, I get a message that "the file was created by a newer version of Illustrator, and some data may be lost." Most times it just opens a empty file. Is there a way to prevent this from happening, without installing CS3 on my windows machine?

In CS3 click SAVE AS and save as CS2 file. Then try opening on Windows machine.

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