Ars Technica

Office SP3: Block those old, risky files

Those old Microsoft Office and Corel Draw files you have hanging around? Dangerous. Shouldn't open 'em. And once you install the latest Office 2003 Service Pack, you won't be able to. "After you ...
eWeek

Microsoft Backs Down over Office 2003 SP3 File Blocking

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Microsoft will provide a new and easy way for customers to ...
Ars Technica

I'm not allowed to open up an old ms office file with MS Office 2003 sp3

I need a 10 year old file. I know MS changed the registry when I installed Office sp3. The change won't allow me to open older files. Here's the MS fix on how to change the registry:<BR><BR> ms link ...
CRN

Microsoft: Office 2003 SP3 Blocks Older Files

Microsoft, which last month outlined the issue in an updated support bulletin and offered a head-scratching workaround, said older Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Corel Draw file formats are blocked ...
ZDNet

Office 2003 SP3 and CorelDraw .CDR files

The bottom line seems to be that Office 2003 has, or at least could have, some baked-in vulnerabilities relating to these file formats and that playing with these formats, especially files from ...
Computerworld

Office 2003 SP3 blocks old file formats

Microsoft Corp. deliberately broke access to older files, including many generated by its own products, to step up security with the newest Office 2003 service pack, a company evangelist said ...
ZDNet

Creating an XP SP3 slipstreamed ISO file

If you are not a TechNet or MSDN subscriber then getting your hands on a copy of Windows XP with SP3 means having to do some legwork yourself (or shell out for a new license ... but I'm assuming that ...