Fix Untrusted Search Path Vulnrability in Office 2007 Power Point

 We use Windows XP Pro SP3 on most our workstations and Win7 Pro SP1 on a few and Office 2007 SP3 on all workstations. We also use a third party software called LanGaurd to detect vulnerbilities on our workstations. And it is showing a vulnerability
for Office Power Point 2007. The vulnerability says "Untrusted Search Path in Microsoft Office Power Point 2007". I don't see an update for this in Windows Updates. I would think if there were an security update for this windows update would install it. Does
anyone know of a way to fix this vulnerability?

Hi Valley,
Thanks for raise this information to us, this is a quick note to let you know that we are performing research on this issue and will get back to you as soon as possible.
Max Meng
TechNet Community Support

Similar Messages

  • Presenter Plug in for Office 2007

    hi! We were using Breeze for Office 2003, Power point 03 in
    particular. Now, we are upgrading to Office 2007. Is the new
    Presenter plug available for free just like the older version of
    Breeze plugin? If the Presenter plug in is available for free
    download. Please let me know where can i get it. Thanks.

    Presenter has never been a "free" download. If you are a
    member of the Authors group in Connect then you can get your plugin
    from the "Getting Started" link on your homepage. The current build
    is Presenter 6.2 and it does work in Office 2007.
    Jorma@RealEyes

  • Office 2013 with Service Pack 1 installation error about "search path"

    I have an automated installation technique that has worked fine with Office 2010 Pro Plus (32-bit), incorporating the latest Service Pack into the network administrative installation point (under \updates), adding 10 foreign languages to the network administrative
    installation point, creating a custom .msp with the OCT (that goes into \updates too), editing the config.xml files, and then running setup.exe from that network administrative installation point. This works on 32-bit Windows XP clients and on 32- and 64-bit
    Windows 7 clients.
    For Office 2013 Pro Plus, I have built the network administrative installation point exactly the same way (original DVD files + languages + SP1 updates + config.xml updates), but the installation is failing with every type of client, all with
    the same error message. The network administrative installation point is readable by the normal installing account, but I even get the same error when I login as me and initiate setup.exe manually, and I have all rights to this point.
    Here's the critical point from a log file:
    2014/03/11 11:53:49:691::[2372] DistributionPoint parsed.  The distribution point is now set to: \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2013
    2014/03/11 11:53:49:691::[2372] COMPANYNAME specified in config.xml.
    2014/03/11 11:53:49:691::[2372] USERNAME specified in config.xml.
    2014/03/11 11:53:49:800::[2372] Setupexe Resiliency Mode is set to [PerformIfApplicable]; thus Resiliency is [disabled] for the [InstallExecutionMode]
    2014/03/11 11:53:49:910::[2372] Searching for default versions of resource files under the folder [\\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2013].
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] Error: GetDirectories: search path \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2013 does not exist
    ErrorCode: 0(0x0). Failed final attempt to load a setupexe resource file.
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] Error: GetDirectories: search path \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2013 does not exist
    Type: 34::InvalidDirectory.
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] WER element [SuppressModal] is set to value [true]
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] WER element [P4] is set to value [InvalidDirectory]
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] Catalyst execution finished: 03/11/2014 11:53:50.  Return code: 30034.  Exception caught: InvalidDirectory.
    2014/03/11 11:53:50:019::[2372] PERF: TickCount=894821 Name=RunSetup Description=End function
    I cannot find any references to this exact error anywhere on the Internet. Can anyone tell me what this means, and how I fix it?

    As automated, the utility that runs setup.exe maps a drive letter to
    \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt using a kboxmap AD account, which has read access to the whole \KBOXalt tree. I used that same kboxmap AD account manually to simulate what the utility does, and hit the same problem. But here's what's
    odd: right next to that
    \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2013 directory is an
    \\archive.ads.college.edu\archive\KBOXalt\Office2010 directory, both created the same way, and the Office 2010 installation has always worked perfectly using the kboxmap AD account. I don't understand why Office 2013 is only working for an account with
    read/write access, where Office 2010 worked fine for an account with only read access. Especially when the Office 2013 resource kit documentation clearly states that the account running the installation should only have read access, nothing more. (All this
    KBOX stuff comes from the fact that our deployment environment is a Dell KACE KBOX 1000. However, that plays no part in the problem: ignoring the KBOX 1000, I can manually recreate the problem every time.)

  • Full file path in Office 2007 when open or save

    Am not sure i can raise this question here.
    We are using 10gR2 Application server and Windows 7 as a Client. In the client machine we have installed the Microsoft Office 2007.
    From the forms we are trying to open and save (after changes) the files of format Doc/Xls. These files will be stored in separate shared folder accessible through Application server and client.
    Now the issue is when we open/save the file it shows the Entire path (In Saving Window) which should not happen. In previous release of MS office its not like this.
    Please help us "to hide the file path to be displayed to the user". Like changing the registry for Office 2007 or workarounds or new solutions or any other oracle's product.
    Note : Showing the file name is the Office 2007s default behavior.

    The only way to avoid showing this from a Forms point of view would be to not display the open/save file dialog in the first place. In other words, control the opening and saving using your own custom dialogs. Also, be aware that using remote drives (network mapped) may cause problems. Generally speaking, doing this would not be considered supported.
    As for opening documents on the client, there is no need to use the open file dialog if you know the file name and path to that file in advance. You can simply use WebUtil's CLIENT_HOST. So let's say you wanted to open a file named mySales.doc and you knew its location, all you would need to do is this:
    Declare
         my_cmd varchar2(255);
    Begin
         my_cmd := 'rundll32 shell32,ShellExec_RunDLL '|| :t1;
         CLIENT_HOST(my_cmd);
    End;In the above example, +:t1+ is a text field on a canvas. The value would include the path and file name to be opened. Of course this could be a pl/sql variable which you programatically populate or any combination of that. The value value must include the full path (with drive letter) and full file name. If the path or name contains spaces, double quotes may likely be necessary. You will have to test.
    For saving an opened file, you are mostly out of luck from Forms unless you took control of Word/Excel as it was being opened in the first place. For example you likely can open the Office products using OLE or VB or other macro and control what the open and file save dialogs look like or if they are even accessible at all. But this has nothing to do with Oracle or specifically Forms.
    You need to refer to the MS documentation.

  • IFilter 9 not searching OCR .PDFs post SP2 for Office 2007 Servers

    Prior to the installation of Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 Servers, .PDF files that were scanned in and then ran against Optical Character Recognition software could be searched with the iFliter 9 for Windows MOSS, x64.  Now, those specific files no longer are searchable however; files that were converted directly from another application, such as MS Word or Excel, that were converted directly into .PDF files work fine.  Has anyone ever seen anything like this or can give me a direction to go to get this resolved?  Adobe's support for this product is non-existant and I am sure Microsoft will not be a help since it is not their product.

    See if this discussion helps:
    http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.sha repoint.general&tid=d11d3de7-8344-4dad-9f09-bd84c39e9817&mid=d11d3de7-8344-4dad-9f09-bd84c 39e9817&cat=en_US_2BE0F7C1-F80B-C480-EA27-790E679D7E1B&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1
    or
    http://www.adobe.com/special/acrobat/configuring_pdf_ifilter_for_ms_sharepoint_2007.pdf

  • Wish to fix an error code after upgrading Microsoft Office 2007

    I just recently upgraded to MS Office 2007, but every time I launch Microsoft Outlook, I get this error code: The Add-in "ACT! Extensions" (C:\WINDOWS\system32\Act9Ext.dll) cannot be loaded and has been disabled by Outlook. Then goes on to advise me to contact the Add-in manufacturer for an update or uninstall the add-in.
    I no longer have that specific version of ACT on my computer, but obviously I still have that extension and I am unable to find it.
    I will appreciate if someone is able to help me to correct this error.
    Thank you, 
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    I googled your error and this is what came up.
    http://help.lockergnome.com/office/remove-referenc​e-Outlook-Add-ftopict996422.html
    and
    http://help.wugnet.com/office/Add-error-ftopict106​3593.html
    Message Edited by CSX on 11-22-2008 02:05 PM
    Ignorance is no excuse!

  • Windows 7 + Office 2007 & 2010 VERY slow saving files to on 2008 R2 files shares

    OK I have litterally tried everthing in every forum there is to resolve this. It is only happening on our Win 7 workstations that are running Office 2007 or 2010.  Our file shares are on a 2008 R2 server. Opening and saving files on the shares using
    Office is very slow. I have tried updates and server and workstations are 100% up to date. The server is only running as a file share server. Nothing else on it. We have completely set up new PC's to test with clean Win 7 installs and nothing else except Office.
    Nothing else on the network is slow at all. I have tried all the hotfixes in the world that could relate to this from many hours of research into possible causes. I have done the EnableShellDataCaching fix, the SMB 2 disable fix, the windows search/indexer
    fix, the pdfmaker fix, the lookup wizard add-in fix, the go to the newest firmware on the cisco switch fix, update workstation nic driver fix, the Trusted Locations in Excel fix, and about a dozen other fixes. NOTHING WORKS! This has brought our Win 7
    and Office 2007/2010 users to a halt in their ability to do their jobs. Our company is suffering badly. And did I mention that our IT dept is getting a lot of heat and criticism about it. FYI we are running an IBM E5450 with dual multi-thread
    multi-core(8) 3 Mhz Intel Xeon processors with 2008 R2 64-bit, 12 GB ram, and the server is using litterally no resources. Network connected is Gigabit. This has to be a Microsoft issue with 2008/Win 7/Office 2007&2010. This has become a nightmare for
    out IT dept and has consumed weeks of our time when we need to be working on other projects. Can anyone solve this. Microsoft: Please release a REAL fix for this that we can run on the server or push via GPO to the workstations.

    Hi,
    Take a look at this and see if it helps:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
    also
    Office 2010 components, such as Word 2010?
    At this time, I suggest trying to start Excel in safe mode. Then, open the Excel file or create a new Excel file, and save the file to the network again.
    Start the Excel program in safe mode
    1.       Click Start, point to All Programs, and then point to Microsoft Office.
    2.        Press and hold the CTRL key, and then click the Microsoft Excel.
    If the problem does not occur in the safe mode, this issue might be related to some third-party add-ins in the Excel program, we can try to disable them. Normally, you could do the following to disable the conflict add-ins in your Excel program:
    Disable add-ins
    Click File menu, click Options >  Add-in, click Go button in the Manage: Com-in Add.
    Check if there are any add-ins, clear the checkbox to disable them.
    Close the Office program and restart it.
    Add one check back each time to the list of Add-In, restart the Office program, and repeat the above procedure. Once the issue reappears again, we can determine which add-in causes this problem and then disable it.
    Please take your time to try the suggestions and let me know the results at your earliest convenience.  If anything is unclear or if there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to let me know.
    ====
    Is the performance also slow when you trying to save the Excel file to other network path?
    At this time, we can also try to test this issue in the clean boot mode.
    Test in Clean boot Mode
    ===============
    Let’s disable all startup items and third party services when booting. This method will help us determine if this issue is caused by a loading program or service. Please perform the following steps:
    1.       Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter.
    Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window.
    2.        Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray).
    3.       Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK".
    Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK.
    Note: Temporarily disabling the Startup Group only prevents the startup programs from loading at startup. This should not affect the system or other programs. We may still manually run these programs later.
    What’s the result now?
    How to return from the Clean Boot state
    After the troubleshooting, we can return from the clean boot state:
    1.       Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter.
    Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window.
    2.       On the "General" tab, click "Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services".
    3.       Click OK. Click Restart when you are prompted to restart your computer.
    If this answer solves your problem, please check Mark as Answered. If this answer helps, please click the Vote as Helpful button. Cheers, Shane Devenshire

  • Web Location URLs for Office 2007 documents (pptx, xlsx, docx) not working

    In our current Content Server solution implemented, each content has a Web Location URL and a Native File associated with it. The Web Location URL(for a content in Public security group) is of the following format:
    http://ucmurl/groups/public/intranetcontent/CONTENT_ID.doc
    So far when a user clicks on this link, they are just presented with an 'Open' 'Save' dialog box, which clearly shows that UCM identifies this file format. So for a Word 2003 document called test.doc, the Open-Save dialog box says:
    Name: test.doc
    Type: Microsoft Word document..etc.
    The behaviour is the same for all Office 2003 documents, pdfs and images. However, it seems like UCM does not identify Office 2007 documents. When I check-in a content - test.pptx, and click on the Web Location URL, it prompts me to Open/Save a 'ZIP' file, which is what UCM does for any unidentified file formats.
    Any suggestions on how to fix this?
    The file formats under configuration manager have been updated to include the following formats with PASSTHRU conversion (since we dont need any conversion on these):
    pptx: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
    docx: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
    xlsx: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
    The desired functionality is that when the user clicks on web location url, UCM should identify these file formats, and NOT consider them as ZIP files. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Try these - if you're using IIS. If not, them something similar should fix.
    Update IIS to include additional MIME types
    Also, if you want to add all of the Microsoft Office 2007 mime-types to IIS in one step you can do this:
    1. Stop IIS
    2. Edit the metabase XML file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml) using a text editor.
    3. Search for the <IIsMimeMap Location="/LM/MimeMap" …> element and append the lines below to the MimeMap attribute
    .docm,application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
    .docx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
    .dotm,application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12
    .dotx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
    .potm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12
    .potx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template
    .ppam,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12
    .ppsm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12
    .ppsx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow
    .pptm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12
    .pptx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
    .xlam,application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12
    .xlsb,application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
    .xlsm,application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
    .xlsx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
    .xltm,application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12
    .xltx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template
    4. Save the C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\MetaBase.xml file
    5. Start IIS
    6. Perform Collection Rebuild on Content Server

  • Adobe Reader 9.x crashes when opening PDF's created using Office 2007

    I work on the helpdesk side for a big corporation and many of our users are reporting that when they try to open a PDF, it locks up their Internet Explorer or Reader 9.x
    We noticed that the problems were only caused by PDFs that were presentations created in PowerPoint, then saved as a PDF with the Office 2007 Save as PDF plugin. So what we did was engaged an engineer at Microsoft to look into the issue.  They did a lot of troubleshooting and narrowed it down.
    They think that if the presentation was created using PP 2003 then opened in PP 2007 then saved as a PDF then this causes AR 9.x to crash.  So what they did was remove the slide number, and added a new slide number using PP 2007, save it as a PDF then it opens in AR 9.x
    All other versions of AR can open the PDF under the same scenario.
    Has anyone else experienced this issue?
    Thanks

    It's almost identical to what you posted. I think the difference was that I was trying on a machine with complete install of Acrobat which has the font packs and hence there was no hang/crash. Your file doesn't hang on that machine either.
    If you look at the fonts panel in your document: File>Properties>Fonts, you'll notice that it uses MS-PGothic font which is a Japanese fonts, and hence the Japanese font pack might fix this.
    Also, since you mentioned ACE.dll, the other possibility might be that there are conflicting DLLs on the system, commonly referred to as DLL Hell. Another thing to try would be to search the system for ACE.dll and see which all software install it.

  • Outlook connector crashes with Office 2007 SP2

    Hello. Microsoft has started pushing out Office 2007 SP2, resulting in Outlook crashes for Connector users who apply the patch. The only workaround we've found is to restore the users's system with Windows Restore, and then hide SP2 with Windows Update. A Connector uninstall restores normal Outlook operation. A reinstall of the Connector does not fix the problem.
    We're running Outlook Connector 7.2.402.1.
    Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)
    libimta.so 6.2-8.04 (built 19:28:07, Feb 28 2007)
    SunOS vmpm1 5.10 Generic_127127-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490
    Error examples:
    "faulting application Microsoft Outlook, version 12.0.6423.1000, faulting module sjms32.dll version 7.2.402.1"
    "the store was x is being reconciled with the indexer for the following reason: the store was last opened on a different machine."
    "the store x is being re-pushed to the indexer for the following reason: index reset, re-push entire store"
    Is there a solution? Will a patch will be issued for Connector 7.2? I haven't tried Connector 7.3 because our messaging and calendar servers don't meet its version requirements.
    David.

    We're seeing the same issue with Office 2007 SP2 and Connector 7.3 Update1. We're running JCS 5 (roughly Update 1 patches on top of it).
    Here's the MS error each time. I can click on Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks. As soon as I click on any email folder, crash.
    Problem signature:
    Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
    Application Name: OUTLOOK.EXE
    Application Version: 12.0.6423.1000
    Application Timestamp: 49b08185
    Fault Module Name: SJMS32.DLL
    Fault Module Version: 7.3.106.4
    Fault Module Timestamp: 4937c21f
    Exception Code: c0000005
    Exception Offset: 0002f7bd
    OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.6
    Locale ID: 1033
    Additional information about the problem:
    LCID: 1033
    Brand: Office12Crash
    skulcid: 1033
    Read our privacy statement:
    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=50163&clcid=0x0409
    I also tried this with the Office 2007 Outlook Feature pack (also contained within SP2) that was released early for various performance fixes. Same error issue. I resolved by uninstalling the Feature Pack. I tried uninstalling SP2, no luck. I also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the SJ Connector, no luck.
    I will check desktop search, see if I can turn it off for Outlook and see what occurs.

  • HT4759 How to Completely Uninstall iCloud? Office 2007 Save As Crashes

    I can no longer use "Save As" in Office 2007 since I enabled ICloud.  Word and Excel Crash. And Outlook does not seem to be about to send more than one email at a time.  I have to select the Send/Receive button right after I create a new email.  If I wait and create a second email, the first email in the outbox changes status from ready to send to cannot send.  And even if I open it and try to send it, it will not send.  I have to re-create it. 
    I want to know how to thoroughly uninstall ICloud.  Other posters on Microsoft (Girish M) and Apple (SkinnyNick) have indicated that the problem is related to ICloud.  And I can confirm that I started having problems right after enabling ICloud.  Here are the references:
    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-excel/excel-2007-clo sing-unexpectedly-when-trying-to/69705682-06ca-4e39-b17e-56d4bacc3452
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4607859?start=0&tstart=0
    I spent a lot of time trying to trouble shoot this problem.  I ran the Office install to repair.  This did not work.  I uninstalled all Office 2007 related products.  I then manually purged all directories relating to office including the Common Shared Directories.  Then, I ran Microsoft's FixIt to uninstall Office to make sure everything was uninstalled.  Then, I reinstalled Office 2007 and it still failed.  I thought about installing Office 2010, but the second post (above SkinnyNick) indicates that this would not work.
    So, I am looking for a way to uninstall iCloud including that parts that is causing this problem.  Now, the second post (above) from
    SkinnyNick) says that he tried to uninstall iCloud but this did not fix the problem.  He finally reconfigured iCloud by de-selecting Outlook, but I would rather completely remove iCloud. 
    Can anyone provide instructions on how to completely remove iCloud so that my Office 2007 products will function again using Save As?
    Thanks,
    Rob

    As a Windows Application Developer who has more than 28 years of professional development experience, I can tell you that anything is possible in terms of how developers implement their applications. I have seen just about everything under the sun, and it would not surprise me if Apple's iCloud not only places files in key Windows directories, but it may use configuration information in a file as opposed to the Window Registry to control how their application behaves. And this would prevent “System Restore" from fixing the problem. Configuration information can be stored in many places. And, even if you do use the Windows Registry to control how your application works, you can key off of new files (like a user profile file) to control how your application to behaves. Csound1, you have been very generous with your time, and I am very grateful for your advice. Thank you.

  • OneDrive for Business sync client with Office 2007

    We have 700 people organisation using Sharepoint 2013. One of the key features for us is the OneDrive for business that allows us to sync document libraries. BUT there seems to be a big problem with Office 2007 clients, after installing the separate client
    opening and creating documents get's broken. Same thing is described here:
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2014/02/06/you-cannot-open-or-create-office-documents-in-sharepoint-2013-with-office-2010-and-office-2013-products-installed.aspx
    Office customization tool cannot be used with standalone client and there is no way to disable Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation support. Technet states that Office 2007 is supported but it surely doesn't feel like it. SP2 fixes this for Office 2010, but that
    doesn't help with Office 2007. Is there any solution for this?
    Regards,
    Sampsa

    Hi,
    It’s a known issue with Office 2007 or 2010 (without the latest Service Pack) along with SharePoint 2013.
    To resolve the issue, you can install Service Pack 2 for Office
    2010 and Service Pack 3 for Office 2007.
    Or disable the IE Add On - "SharePoint OpenDocuments Class" .
    Thanks,
    Jason
    Forum Support
    Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact [email protected]
    Jason Guo
    TechNet Community Support

  • I have an HP-Pavilion Vista PC with MS Office 2007 and Service Pack 2. Each time I try to save a Wo

    I have an HP-Pavilion Vista PC with MS Office 2007 and Service Pack 2.  Each time I try to save a Word or Excel document I get the “Not Responding” message.  The “Word is saving……” bar at the bottom does not show any progress.  On clicking the document I get a faded version even when in Safe Mode.  Somehow the document appears on the Desktop where I tried to save it.  On trying to open the saved document, even as administrator, I get the following ”File in Use” message:
    “The ….docx is locked for editing by….” and I am asked three questions including:
    “Do you want to open a Read Only copy” yet on clicking “Yes” I am able to edit the same document.
    On trying to save to a different location I get the message:
    “Your autocorrect file MSO 1033.ad could not be saved. The file may be read only or you may not have permission to modify this file.”
    The same message stating FILE12\1033\MSO.ACL MSO 1033ad recurs with new Excel documents.
    How can I correct this problem?
    PS
    Worse still, the HP Advisor icon that appears on startup does not load successfully while showing the message: “Access to the path Hewlett-Packard\HD Advisor is denied”.
    What can I do about it?
    ZDK

    I'm having the same issue, allowing guest access on the share did change the logs I'm getting in Samba. Earlier on it was giving errors on the inability of guest access to the share.
    ============================================================
    [2008/01/29 13:05:47, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-100.5/samba/source/lib/fault.c:fault_report(37)
    INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 4204 (3.0.10)
    Please read the appendix Bugs of the Samba HOWTO collection
    [2008/01/29 13:05:47, 0] /SourceCache/samba/samba-100.5/samba/source/lib/fault.c:fault_report(39)
    ============================================================
    I also noticed that the temporary file that is created by office is not removed after the attempt to safe the file. (something like: ~$filename).

  • Acrobat Pro 8.1.2 won't create PDFs by itself or within an Office 2007 application. Please help.

    Well, needless to say, everything was working fine when our department was running Acrobat 7 and Office 2003. We made the choice a few weeks ago to upgrade to Office 2007 and Acrobat 8. Both are pushed via Group Policy. One other thing to note, as I think it might be an issue, is that our users have their My Documents redirected to a server. I only mention this, because the Default PDF Output Folder within Acrobat 8 is My Documents.
    Here are the strange things that we've noticed so far:
    1) When you open up the Adobe PDF Properties within Printers and Faxes, the Location displays an "x" followed by two non-standard box characters that I can't seem to write out here. I've uploaded a screen shot if that makes it easier. On a manually installed copy of Acrobat 8, this location box will say My Documents.
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_characters.png
    2) The Adobe PDF printer port grabs LPT1, even if there is another printer already on that port. This behavior is seen when being pushed via GPO. When it's manually installed via the disc, Adobe PDF gets it's own special port "My Documents\*.pdf" with a description of "Adobe PDF Port". When I try to see if I can add such a port on the GPO pushed computers, it doesn't list it as an option. Here again are two screen shots to show what I'm talking about.
    Weird Port:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_port.png
    Adobe Port:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_correct_port.png
    Ok, so those are just the oddities seen after performing a GPO installation.
    3) When I right click on a Word 2007 (*.docx) file and choose "Convert to Adobe PDF", it asks me where I want to save the newly created PDF at. It will start converting it, but a few seconds later a balloon error pops up saying that the document failed to print.
    4) When I try to create a PDF via the Word 2007 ribbon add-on for Acrobat, I get the same error.
    I decided to bump a standard user up to administrator of the local machine. All these errors go away and they can create PDFs to their heart's content. As soon as I bump them back down to a standard user, new errors arise.
    5) Now when they try to create a PDF, they get prompted TWICE for the PDF Save As location. When I click on Convert to PDF via the context menu of the Word 2007 file, I get the Adobe PDF Status box, then a few seconds later, I get the Save Adobe PDF File As box. I tell it where to save the PDF to. I then get a second box asking me where to save the PDF to, but it's titled different. This new box is "Save PDF File As". Whatever location I choose there, I get an Access Denied error and an Adobe Printer error that the document has failed to print. I've created screen shots of those as well. Here they are in order:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_01.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_02.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_03.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_04.png
    Does anyone have any solutions whatsoever to fix this? I'm not about to go around to 100 computers and install Acrobat manually when it should work correctly via GPO. If Acrobat doesn't like the fact that a user My Documents is redirected to the server, I noticed that I can change the default PDF file location within the Adobe Customization Wizard. I've not tested that yet to see if it would even help.
    I should mention that I have tried running a repair. Didn't help. Uninstalling and reinstalling via GPO. Didn't help. So, we've installed the Microsoft Office PDF Creator plug-in and that works perfectly. For the time being Acrobat Pro has basically dropped itself down to a reader for all intents and purposes.

    @ Bill@VT: I did try adding a port. That's the problem. When it's on a problematic installation, those special Adobe Port aren't available for me to choose from.
    OK, I have some new information regarding my issue. I've done some more testing and this is what I have learned and how I arrived at that conclusion.
    b It appears to be an issue with the 8.1.2 update.
    1) I manually installed Acrobat 8.0.0 via the executable file I downloaded from Adobe Licensing. I had to go through all the installation prompts, enter the serial key, accept the EULA, etc. I even applied the 8.1.0 update. At this point, everything was fine. Any user on this computer could create PDFs via any method. The Adobe PDF Port was correct and no listed under LPT1 like in the above screen shots. And My Documents was listed as the Default PDF Location, even though users have their My Docs redirected to the server. Like I said, everything worked perfectly.
    2) I decided to install via the Administrative Install Point (AIP) on the server for Acrobat 8.1.2 and the corresponding transform file. After doing this, the problems came back. My first assumption is that the transform file is causing the problem.
    3) To verify that it was in fact the transform file I perform an install from the AIP using the AcroPro.msi file only. No switches and no transform file. Guess what? Problems are still there. So, that wipes out the transform file problem.
    A couple of notes:
    It could be related to the AIP and doing administrative installation upgrades to 8.1.2. My next test is to install 8.0.0 from scratch and manually upgrade that installation to 8.1.0, then 8.1.1, then 8.1.2 to find out when and if it breaks.
    I was able to get a contact number for Adobe's "Volume Licensing" department, so I might end up giving them a call. In fact, even if I narrow down what appears to be the problem, I'm still going to have to give them a call to find out what can be done about it. Because at the moment, the issue is there for 100+ users and something needs to be fixed. All I'm doing at this point is working backwards to figure out what may have caused the problem in the first place.

  • New Mac User Needs help opening Microsoft office 2007 files on a Mac!!!

    I just got a used ibook G4. I had an old Pentium upgrade IBM before. I love my Mac, but I need my old school files form my IBM. I have OpenOffice.org 2.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.11 and I have a file converter program called X 11 that opens with a huge list of options for converting files, but it dose not say Microsoft offices 2007 it says the version numbers. I tryed the latest version and It wouldn't open in OpenOffice.org. Should I use Apple Script instead? I don't have Apple Works do I need it? I just want to look at the files. Why is there not a office viewer for Mac?

    You have Tiger. Tiger=10.4.x; Panther=10.3.x; Leopard=10.5.x.
    If you are trying with OpenOffice 2.2, it might be worth updating. I have version 2.4, which is the latest. Since 2.4 fixes a security issue, you should update if you plan to use the application anyway.
    NeoOffice, as a previous poster pointed out, should be able to open Office 2007 documents.
    See the discussion at http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4542 for the main OpenOffice thread discussing this issue. It discusses the ODF converter at sourceforge which NeoOffice uses to open Office 2007 documents. Apparently, you can use it with regular OpenOffice, too, but if 2.4 doesn't come with it (and maybe it does - I haven't checked), it might be easier to use NeoOffice for now.
    X11 is not a file converter, by the way. It is the traditional unix GUI. Apple provides a version of this for OS X which enables you to run applications which haven't been ported to the native OS X environment. OpenOffice for Mac OS X uses X11 as do some other applications, such as GIMP, which you may have heard of/used. NeoOffice is a version of OpenOffice ported to the native OS X environment (i.e. it doesn't have to use X11). I haven't used it in a long time - I always use OpenOffice on X11 - but it is supposed to be very good now and should seem very familiar if you're used to OpenOffice. If you can't get OpenOffice to work with your files, you should definitely try NeoOffice before buying MS Office - unless, of course, you especially want to send MS a few hundred of your preferred currency.
    The other thing you can try, if you've still got Office on your IBM machine is converting the files there by opening them and choosing "save as...". That should allow you to select an earlier version of Word/Excel/... which OpenOffice should have fewer problems with. Since you may lose formatting this way, try the other options first. (Also, if you have a lot of files, this option will be very annoying to implement.)
    I do not think AppleWorks is likely to help. (I'm not sure if AppleWorks is even still available... somebody?) There are some suggestions Pages might help, but I would personally try the other solutions first. (On the other hand, I have a very old version of Pages.)
    AppleScript is almost certainly not what you want. It has nothing to do with AppleWorks. It is a scripting language.
    Good luck,
    cfr

Maybe you are looking for