It worked! Thanks for your help. That message was very annoying!

"Jim Rech" wrote:

but I don't have the Security folder.

Create it. Right click on Common and select New then Key and name it
Security.

Btw, copy the name of the new NoPrompt... item rather than type it. Easy no
miss a letter.

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Jim
"carbon06" wrote in message
...
| Thanks for replying. I went into the registry, but I don't have the
Security
| folder. I got to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\C ommon\
| and that's as far as I could go. Any other suggestions?
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| Create the following Dword registry key using Regedit.exe from
Start-Run
| and set its value to 1.
|
|
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\C ommon\Security\NoPromptForRC4Encryption
|
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| Jim
| "carbon06" wrote in message
| ...
| | I'm using Office 2007, but I'm saving in the old formats (.doc, .xls,
| etc.)
| | because not everyone at our site has the new version of office. Every
time
| I
| | try to save & close a password protected document, I receive the
following
| | message:
| |
| | This document is both encrypted and password protected. The Office
Open
| XML
| | Formats available in the 2007 release provide stronger excryption. Do
you
| | want to increase the security of this document by converting to an
Office
| | Open XML Format?
| |
| | Is there any way to turn this off? It is extremely annoying and I
don't
| want
| | to use it.
| | Thanks.
|
|