"changes have been made that affect the global template" but they haven't!

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Stan Brown

Word 2003; Win XP Pro SP2

I started getting the above message on Sunday. This is NOT related to
editing; it occurs even if I open Word without a document and
immediately close it.

I googled and found Charles Kenyon's page
<http://www.addbalance.com/word/savenormal.htm> and read through it
carefully. This suggests that the problem is a poorly written add-in,
but I can't find it.

Using <http://www.addbalance.com/word/savenormal.htm>, I checked for
add-ins and found:

++ Only one in my startup folder, namely my own customization
template. If I move this out of the startup folder, the problem
persists, so this is not the culprit.

++ No files at all in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Startup

++No COM add-ins at all

++Tools >> Templates and Addins lists only my customization template,
mentioned above

When I try "winword /a" as suggested, the problem doesn't occur. With
"winword" it does occur.

Help! This spurious prompt to change NORMAL.DOT is annoying, and I'd
like to get rid of it.
 
Did you look in the Office Startup folder?
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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I get this every time the time changes (from Daylight-Saving to Standard or
vice versa). I'm not sure what it is about the time change that triggers it,
but it is harmless. Like you, I can open Word, do nothing, and immediately
close it and still get the message, so after a time or two, I just say yes.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:49:45 -0600 from Suzanne S. Barnhill
I get this every time the time changes (from Daylight-Saving to Standard or
vice versa). I'm not sure what it is about the time change that triggers it,
but it is harmless. Like you, I can open Word, do nothing, and immediately
close it and still get the message, so after a time or two, I just say yes.
Click to expand...

Thanks Suzanne for your reply.

I thought it was DST related too, so I tried on Monday saying Yes.
But it's still giving the prompt, even when I open word via Start >>
Run >> "winword" (no document) and immediately close it.
 
I'm not sure I've closed Word since I said yes, so I'll have to get back to
you on that, but it's always worked in the past. I was not the one who
figured out the relation to the time change, but it did seem to match my
experience, and I was expecting it this time.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:15:13 -0600 from Suzanne S. Barnhill
I'm not sure I've closed Word since I said yes, so I'll have to get back to
you on that, but it's always worked in the past. I was not the one who
figured out the relation to the time change, but it did seem to match my
experience, and I was expecting it this time.
Click to expand...

Weirdness! I tried it again today, after posting my earlier reply to
you, and now when I open and close Word I no longer get the spurious
message.

So I guess it's either the DST chance and the day after, or else it
gets reset after answering the prompt with Yes twice. "Just another
Festivus miracle." :-)
 
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