Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left shift???) key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame microsoft, do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame microsoft, do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you can't do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users. That's why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

.... it's _your_ IT staff's problem.

(stupid fingers!)

Dave Peterson wrote:

The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you can't do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users. That's why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level. Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me. I have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users. That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that google has it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me. I have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users. That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM gets set
initially though.


--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that google has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me. I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

I hope the OP is still hanging around.

I remember other posts that describe the same stickyness problem with the "trust
access to Visual Basic project" (IIRC).

Here's hoping that this fixes it.





Jim Rech wrote:

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM gets set
initially though.

--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that google has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me. I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift (left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Thanks Jim for replying!
Should I delete the "Level" entry under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security ?
How is OP interpreted?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I hope the OP is still hanging around.

I remember other posts that describe the same stickyness problem with the
"trust
access to Visual Basic project" (IIRC).

Here's hoping that this fixes it.





Jim Rech wrote:

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session
but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM gets
set
initially though.

--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that google
has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me.
I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through
the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it
usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to
make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security
to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows
registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to
update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift
(left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the
auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security
level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3
open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

OP = Original Poster.

For me, I don't have this key.

You may want to rename it (SecurityX, maybe). Then test it out.

If that fixes the problem, I'd delete the key.



Dima wrote:

Thanks Jim for replying!
Should I delete the "Level" entry under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security ?
How is OP interpreted?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I hope the OP is still hanging around.

I remember other posts that describe the same stickyness problem with the
"trust
access to Visual Basic project" (IIRC).

Here's hoping that this fixes it.





Jim Rech wrote:

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session
but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM gets
set
initially though.

--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that google
has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on me.
I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change through
the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it
usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How to
make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security
to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows
registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to
update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift
(left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the
auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security
level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3
open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Deleting the Level entry resolved the problem!
Thanks Dave!
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
OP = Original Poster.

For me, I don't have this key.

You may want to rename it (SecurityX, maybe). Then test it out.

If that fixes the problem, I'd delete the key.



Dima wrote:

Thanks Jim for replying!
Should I delete the "Level" entry under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security ?
How is OP interpreted?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I hope the OP is still hanging around.

I remember other posts that describe the same stickyness problem with
the
"trust
access to Visual Basic project" (IIRC).

Here's hoping that this fixes it.





Jim Rech wrote:

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under
HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session
but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM
gets
set
initially though.

--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that
google
has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on
me.
I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change
through
the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that
you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it
usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How
to
make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete
it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a
problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security
to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows
registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to
update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift
(left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the
auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security
level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3
open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

Excel 2003 sticks to the low macro security level
 

Thanks for posting back.

I'm sure Jim appreciates the feedback, too.

Dima wrote:

Deleting the Level entry resolved the problem!
Thanks Dave!
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
OP = Original Poster.

For me, I don't have this key.

You may want to rename it (SecurityX, maybe). Then test it out.

If that fixes the problem, I'd delete the key.



Dima wrote:

Thanks Jim for replying!
Should I delete the "Level" entry under
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Security ?
How is OP interpreted?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I hope the OP is still hanging around.

I remember other posts that describe the same stickyness problem with
the
"trust
access to Visual Basic project" (IIRC).

Here's hoping that this fixes it.





Jim Rech wrote:

Dave-

This may not be it for the OP but if the "Level" entry exists under
HKLM:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security

Then it is sticky. It allows you to change it for the current session
but
the HKLM setting remains the default. I have no idea how the HKLM
gets
set
initially though.

--
Jim
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I don't have another guess.

Good luck. If you find the solution, please post back so that
google
has
it.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
Our IT staff says that they did not put any LOCAL restrictions on
me.
I
have
full LOCAL administrator rights.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
The problem is that you should be able to make that change
through
the
user
interface and excel should remember it. It's quite unusual that
you
can't
do
this.

I _think_ that in all the posts that describe this problem, it
usually
comes
down to a permissions setting that the IT staff put on the users.
That's
why I
think it's not excel's problem, it's you're IT staff's problem.


Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for suggestion!
This allows to set another than the low level, doesn't it? How
to
make
Excel
remember a setting in its user interface?
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
If you found that branch in the registry, I wouldn't delete
it.

I'd just change it what I wanted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Security

This is for Excel 2003. Should be something similar for other
versions.

The item is "Level".
1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.

======
ps. I'm not a IT expert, but it sure sounds more like a
problem
with
the
permissions than excel/Microsoft.

Dima wrote:

Thanks Dave for replying!
I talked to the system and domain administrators. They blame
microsoft,
do
not know how to repair.
I've found the http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910817/en-us
Should I delete the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\ Excel\Security
to
repair?
I have the administrator rights on my Windows XP.
Sincerely.
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
That's one of the settings that's stored in the windows
registry.

If it's not sticking, maybe you don't have permission to
update
the
registry?

Time to talk to the IT folks?????

If you're opening the file manually, you can old the shift
(left
shift???)
key
down while you open the workbook.

This won't stop macros in general, but it will stop the
auto_open
and
workbook_open procedures from running.

Dima wrote:

Hello!
Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3 do not remember the macro security
level.
Excel
returns the level to low after any change of the level.
How to prevent a macro to run when Excel 2003 sp2 and sp3
open a
file
with a
macro?
Best regards
Dima

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson