Search on the key "VBAOff" in the registry. When its value is set to 1
under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common and/or the equivalent HKLM
key I get the same message as you cited opening an Excel file with macros in
it. If that's not it I don't have any other ideas short of VB itself not
being installed (I think this is an admin install option).

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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
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|I upgraded my users (all of the are Power Users) to Office 2003 from
| Office 2000 and now I get an error message "The workbook has lost its
| VBA project, ActiveX controls and any other programmability-related
| features". They have the full install running from thier computers. I
| don't have the problem as an administrator but they ALL have the
| problem as Power Users. None of the articles on the knowledge base
| helped nor the help in the software. The problem is really obivious in
| Excel. Its definitely a rights thing but I don't know which Hive key.
| Anyone else seen this??