opening this document will run the following sql command

Office 2003:

Today, for the first time, I've started getting the following annoying
message box every time I open a Word document, or even when I create a new
document from scratch:

opening this document will run the following sql command

Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you want to
continue?

The line below this line in the dialog box is blank and if I close the
document, I am not prompted to save anything.

Running Detect and Repair does not correct the problem.

Reverting to older versions of Normal.dot does not correct the problem.

This computer is not networked, Office 2003 was installed from original CDs
and I am the only user of this computer.

I use Word almost every day, and each day's work is backed up to an
external drive.

Researching the text of the message led me to this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765

but I am reluctant to try it because of the warning attached to the
information. It also says that this message is encountered when I open a
mail merge document that is linked to a data source.

I have never used mail merge since installing Office 2003. I know nothing
about VBA and do not use programming code other than simple, basic Word
macros which I have written myself.

My AVG Professional 8.0 antivirus is kept up-to-date. I routinely apply all
Windows patches through Windows Update.

The only unusual event that I have noticed here was that last night when I
shut down the computer, Windows prompted me that there were updates ready
to apply and offered me the option of applying them before shutting down
the computer. As yesterday was Patch Tuesday, I assumed that Windows had
downloaded these updates automatically as the system is configured to do.
Usually I go to Windows Update myself and manually download and install
updates, but I was busy with a number of things yesterday and so did not
visit Windows Update. I allowed Windows to install the updates before
shutting down because I assumed that these updates had been downloaded by
Windows in the absence of any action by me.

Further research has led me to the discovery that one of the patches
applied was to Word 2003 (KB950241). I removed this update and the problem
went away.

I spent an hour on the phone with a Microsoft technician only to eventually
be told that a technician from the "Word department" would have to call me
back. As the security update is flagged as critical, I cannot block its
download and installation.

For the time being, my only recourse is to use the registry hack provided
in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765, but for obvious reasons I'm not
comfortable with this arrangement.

I would really appreciate help from any Word MVP out there who can draw a
bead on this issue.


Tom

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Doug
Wed May 14 12:46:00 PDT 2008

Either put up with the message or modify the Registry and the KB article
mentions.

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"Tom Hall" <aria1946@gmail.com.spoo> wrote in message
news:a6bm24l58h430ao88392pfoj52m9o0146v@4ax.com...
> Office 2003:
>
> Today, for the first time, I've started getting the following annoying
> message box every time I open a Word document, or even when I create a new
> document from scratch:
>
> opening this document will run the following sql command
>
> Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you want to
> continue?
>
> The line below this line in the dialog box is blank and if I close the
> document, I am not prompted to save anything.
>
> Running Detect and Repair does not correct the problem.
>
> Reverting to older versions of Normal.dot does not correct the problem.
>
> This computer is not networked, Office 2003 was installed from original
> CDs
> and I am the only user of this computer.
>
> I use Word almost every day, and each day's work is backed up to an
> external drive.
>
> Researching the text of the message led me to this:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765
>
> but I am reluctant to try it because of the warning attached to the
> information. It also says that this message is encountered when I open a
> mail merge document that is linked to a data source.
>
> I have never used mail merge since installing Office 2003. I know nothing
> about VBA and do not use programming code other than simple, basic Word
> macros which I have written myself.
>
> My AVG Professional 8.0 antivirus is kept up-to-date. I routinely apply
> all
> Windows patches through Windows Update.
>
> The only unusual event that I have noticed here was that last night when I
> shut down the computer, Windows prompted me that there were updates ready
> to apply and offered me the option of applying them before shutting down
> the computer. As yesterday was Patch Tuesday, I assumed that Windows had
> downloaded these updates automatically as the system is configured to do.
> Usually I go to Windows Update myself and manually download and install
> updates, but I was busy with a number of things yesterday and so did not
> visit Windows Update. I allowed Windows to install the updates before
> shutting down because I assumed that these updates had been downloaded by
> Windows in the absence of any action by me.
>
> Further research has led me to the discovery that one of the patches
> applied was to Word 2003 (KB950241). I removed this update and the problem
> went away.
>
> I spent an hour on the phone with a Microsoft technician only to
> eventually
> be told that a technician from the "Word department" would have to call me
> back. As the security update is flagged as critical, I cannot block its
> download and installation.
>
> For the time being, my only recourse is to use the registry hack provided
> in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765, but for obvious reasons I'm not
> comfortable with this arrangement.
>
> I would really appreciate help from any Word MVP out there who can draw a
> bead on this issue.
>
>
> Tom
>
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ITEX
Fri May 16 14:52:02 PDT 2008

Confirming I get the same problem - after the same updating event.



"Tom Hall" wrote:

> Office 2003:
>
> Today, for the first time, I've started getting the following annoying
> message box every time I open a Word document, or even when I create a new
> document from scratch:
>
> opening this document will run the following sql command
>
> Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you want to
> continue?
>
> The line below this line in the dialog box is blank and if I close the
> document, I am not prompted to save anything.
>
> Running Detect and Repair does not correct the problem.
>
> Reverting to older versions of Normal.dot does not correct the problem.
>
> This computer is not networked, Office 2003 was installed from original CDs
> and I am the only user of this computer.
>
> I use Word almost every day, and each day's work is backed up to an
> external drive.
>
> Researching the text of the message led me to this:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765
>
> but I am reluctant to try it because of the warning attached to the
> information. It also says that this message is encountered when I open a
> mail merge document that is linked to a data source.
>
> I have never used mail merge since installing Office 2003. I know nothing
> about VBA and do not use programming code other than simple, basic Word
> macros which I have written myself.
>
> My AVG Professional 8.0 antivirus is kept up-to-date. I routinely apply all
> Windows patches through Windows Update.
>
> The only unusual event that I have noticed here was that last night when I
> shut down the computer, Windows prompted me that there were updates ready
> to apply and offered me the option of applying them before shutting down
> the computer. As yesterday was Patch Tuesday, I assumed that Windows had
> downloaded these updates automatically as the system is configured to do.
> Usually I go to Windows Update myself and manually download and install
> updates, but I was busy with a number of things yesterday and so did not
> visit Windows Update. I allowed Windows to install the updates before
> shutting down because I assumed that these updates had been downloaded by
> Windows in the absence of any action by me.
>
> Further research has led me to the discovery that one of the patches
> applied was to Word 2003 (KB950241). I removed this update and the problem
> went away.
>
> I spent an hour on the phone with a Microsoft technician only to eventually
> be told that a technician from the "Word department" would have to call me
> back. As the security update is flagged as critical, I cannot block its
> download and installation.
>
> For the time being, my only recourse is to use the registry hack provided
> in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765, but for obvious reasons I'm not
> comfortable with this arrangement.
>
> I would really appreciate help from any Word MVP out there who can draw a
> bead on this issue.
>
>
> Tom
>
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>

Doug
Sat May 17 01:27:30 PDT 2008

It's a security measure that can be disabled as shown at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"ITEX (Wellington, NZ)" <ITEX (Wellington, NZ)@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:6BA5CBE8-15EF-47DE-B3BB-62F90C2B5325@microsoft.com...
> Confirming I get the same problem - after the same updating event.
>
>
>
> "Tom Hall" wrote:
>
>> Office 2003:
>>
>> Today, for the first time, I've started getting the following annoying
>> message box every time I open a Word document, or even when I create a
>> new
>> document from scratch:
>>
>> opening this document will run the following sql command
>>
>> Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you want to
>> continue?
>>
>> The line below this line in the dialog box is blank and if I close the
>> document, I am not prompted to save anything.
>>
>> Running Detect and Repair does not correct the problem.
>>
>> Reverting to older versions of Normal.dot does not correct the problem.
>>
>> This computer is not networked, Office 2003 was installed from original
>> CDs
>> and I am the only user of this computer.
>>
>> I use Word almost every day, and each day's work is backed up to an
>> external drive.
>>
>> Researching the text of the message led me to this:
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765
>>
>> but I am reluctant to try it because of the warning attached to the
>> information. It also says that this message is encountered when I open a
>> mail merge document that is linked to a data source.
>>
>> I have never used mail merge since installing Office 2003. I know nothing
>> about VBA and do not use programming code other than simple, basic Word
>> macros which I have written myself.
>>
>> My AVG Professional 8.0 antivirus is kept up-to-date. I routinely apply
>> all
>> Windows patches through Windows Update.
>>
>> The only unusual event that I have noticed here was that last night when
>> I
>> shut down the computer, Windows prompted me that there were updates ready
>> to apply and offered me the option of applying them before shutting down
>> the computer. As yesterday was Patch Tuesday, I assumed that Windows had
>> downloaded these updates automatically as the system is configured to do.
>> Usually I go to Windows Update myself and manually download and install
>> updates, but I was busy with a number of things yesterday and so did not
>> visit Windows Update. I allowed Windows to install the updates before
>> shutting down because I assumed that these updates had been downloaded by
>> Windows in the absence of any action by me.
>>
>> Further research has led me to the discovery that one of the patches
>> applied was to Word 2003 (KB950241). I removed this update and the
>> problem
>> went away.
>>
>> I spent an hour on the phone with a Microsoft technician only to
>> eventually
>> be told that a technician from the "Word department" would have to call
>> me
>> back. As the security update is flagged as critical, I cannot block its
>> download and installation.
>>
>> For the time being, my only recourse is to use the registry hack provided
>> in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765, but for obvious reasons I'm
>> not
>> comfortable with this arrangement.
>>
>> I would really appreciate help from any Word MVP out there who can draw a
>> bead on this issue.
>>
>>
>> Tom
>>
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>>

Tom
Wed May 21 09:45:24 PDT 2008

On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:52:02 -0700, ITEX (Wellington, NZ) <ITEX
(Wellington, NZ)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Confirming I get the same problem - after the same updating event.
>
>
>
>"Tom Hall" wrote:
>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765

I got a callback yesterday from Microsoft tech support, and the only thing
they had to offer me was the registry hack described in the above link.
They acknowledged that it wasn't an ideal solution to the problem and
indicated they would continue researching the issue and contact me if they
came up with a better solution.



Tom

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sel
Wed May 21 15:21:00 PDT 2008

I, too, have the same problem

"

Josh
Thu Jun 05 11:57:00 PDT 2008

What if I try the registry and navigate to it but am missing the final
"options" choice. This is what I see -
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word

Is that right?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

> Either put up with the message or modify the Registry and the KB article
> mentions.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>
> "Tom Hall" <aria1946@gmail.com.spoo> wrote in message
> news:a6bm24l58h430ao88392pfoj52m9o0146v@4ax.com...
> > Office 2003:
> >
> > Today, for the first time, I've started getting the following annoying
> > message box every time I open a Word document, or even when I create a new
> > document from scratch:
> >
> > opening this document will run the following sql command
> >
> > Data from your database will be placed in the document. Do you want to
> > continue?
> >
> > The line below this line in the dialog box is blank and if I close the
> > document, I am not prompted to save anything.
> >
> > Running Detect and Repair does not correct the problem.
> >
> > Reverting to older versions of Normal.dot does not correct the problem.
> >
> > This computer is not networked, Office 2003 was installed from original
> > CDs
> > and I am the only user of this computer.
> >
> > I use Word almost every day, and each day's work is backed up to an
> > external drive.
> >
> > Researching the text of the message led me to this:
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765
> >
> > but I am reluctant to try it because of the warning attached to the
> > information. It also says that this message is encountered when I open a
> > mail merge document that is linked to a data source.
> >
> > I have never used mail merge since installing Office 2003. I know nothing
> > about VBA and do not use programming code other than simple, basic Word
> > macros which I have written myself.
> >
> > My AVG Professional 8.0 antivirus is kept up-to-date. I routinely apply
> > all
> > Windows patches through Windows Update.
> >
> > The only unusual event that I have noticed here was that last night when I
> > shut down the computer, Windows prompted me that there were updates ready
> > to apply and offered me the option of applying them before shutting down
> > the computer. As yesterday was Patch Tuesday, I assumed that Windows had
> > downloaded these updates automatically as the system is configured to do.
> > Usually I go to Windows Update myself and manually download and install
> > updates, but I was busy with a number of things yesterday and so did not
> > visit Windows Update. I allowed Windows to install the updates before
> > shutting down because I assumed that these updates had been downloaded by
> > Windows in the absence of any action by me.
> >
> > Further research has led me to the discovery that one of the patches
> > applied was to Word 2003 (KB950241). I removed this update and the problem
> > went away.
> >
> > I spent an hour on the phone with a Microsoft technician only to
> > eventually
> > be told that a technician from the "Word department" would have to call me
> > back. As the security update is flagged as critical, I cannot block its
> > download and installation.
> >
> > For the time being, my only recourse is to use the registry hack provided
> > in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825765, but for obvious reasons I'm not
> > comfortable with this arrangement.
> >
> > I would really appreciate help from any Word MVP out there who can draw a
> > bead on this issue.
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
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>
>
>