I can't change the macro security level

[Bill S]

Suggest you adjust security in all Word apps. I set at
medium and then things started to work better. Somehow I
had some higher settings in Office 2003 was installed and
I had perhaps a corrupt installation, which prevented many
Macros from running. I would like to see MS allow us to
accept for a period of time specific Macros.

-----Original Message-----
I have created an administrative install for Office XP

Professional and left the macro settings "as is" - set to
High. It installs with no errors. I'm now testing it and
having a problem with the Macro Security setting. Some
users need to lower their settings to work on a document
with Macros. They should be able to do what the the help
file says:

Change the security level for macro virus protection

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the Security tab.
3. Under Macro Security, click Macro Security.
4. Click the Security Level tab, and then select the

security level you want to use.

However, as soon as we leave the menu, it sets it back to

High. The systems are not locked down but they are acting
like they are. We are working on Windows XP Professional
Operating Systems.

I can change the setting in the registry under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Office/10.0/Excel
(or Word)/Security/Level from a 3 to a 2 but cannot tell
my users to do it this way.