Hi,

in my company we output csv-formatted files from intranet service and open
them to Excel. We all have Excel version 2000.

In some machines the files open correctly: All the data is separated to
different columns. In some machines when we open the same file, all the data
is put only to one column.

If I first save the csv file to harddrive and then open it to Excel, the
data is separated correctly in all machines.

I have checked out regional settings in each machine. They are right. Our
office is in Finland so our decimal separator is comma as well as our list
separator is comma.

In those machines where the csv doesn't open correctly when opened by
Internet Explorer from intranet, I tried to change the decimal separator to
period (.) and kept comma as list separator. After that the csv files started
to open correctly.

Is this a XP service pack 2 problem? I think in those machines that open csv
correctly don't have XP service pack 2 installed. In those machines that csv
doesn't open correctly they have SP 2 installed. The Excel versions and
service releases for that are the same.