Office 2003 SP3 blocks old file formats

Office 2003 SP3 upgrade removes supports for old Word-, Excel-, 1-2-3-, Quattro- and Corel Draw - file formats.

That can cause troubles in companies which have a lot of old file formats in their systems.

Microsoft said that those file formats will be blocked by default because they are less secure than new ones and can that's why cause a risk to user.

Wired magazine thinks in its blog that Microsoft maybe doesn't want to fix Office but takes off file formats with probable leak advantages.

Microsoft has released a solution which requires registry editing.

Source: Wired