Document is in use message

[Rob Nicholson]

When Word 2003 user tries to open a Word document that's currently being
edited by myself, it says "XYZ.doc is locked for editing by 'InforMed Direct
User'. Do you want to..."

That "InforMed Direct User" is the name used when the operating system was
installed and when Office 2007 was installed. Previous versions of Word used
to use the user credentials defined in Word so it should say "XYZ.doc is
locked for editing by Fred Bloggs'"

What gives?

Thanks, Rob.

PS. And where is the about window in Word 2007 or any of the Office 2007
applications for that matter. I'm sure it's somewhere obvious in this new
"improved" interface but I'd damned if I could find it...

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

How to change the company name and user name in:
Office 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924461
Office 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821550
Office XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290528
Office 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=233499
Office 97: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=244080

 

[Rob Nicholson]

How to change the company name and user name in:

So we need to write some kind of script that changes the company name in the
registry each time Word is run so that the "In use" message has the right
user's name against it? I think not <grin> Besides, we use Citrix/TS and
that key is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE so it would change every user who has
logged on.

Cheers, Rob.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Sorry, I should have known about the Citrix/TS thing, but my crystal
ball is in the shop today. For accuracy sake, the Office 2007 user name
is stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\UserInfo.