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I ended up upgrading, no updates to 2003 worked.
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I ended up upgrading, no updates to 2003 worked.

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On Server 2008 R2<br />
I updated Offfice 2003 with compatibility pack<br />
when I try to open up a newer file .docx I get an error:<br />
&quot;there was an error opening the file&quot;<br />
In Event Viewer I see event 1000:<br />
Faulting application name: Wordconv.exe, version: 12.0.6500.5000, time stamp: 0x49a6d394<br />
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000<br />
Exception code: 0xc0000005<br />
Fault offset: 0x00000000<br />
Faulting process id: 0xbcc<br />
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd94f5c91017f9<br />
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\Wordconv.e<wbr />xe<br />
Faulting module path: unknown<br />
Report Id: 0782354d-00e9-11e2-9dd3-d4<wbr />ae52a6a4c6<wbr /><br />
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Any suggestions on how to fix this besides upgrading?
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On Server 2008 R2
I updated Offfice 2003 with compatibility pack
when I try to open up a newer file .docx I get an error:
"there was an error opening the file"
In Event Viewer I see event 1000:
Faulting application name: Wordconv.exe, version: 12.0.6500.5000, time stamp: 0x49a6d394
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000
Faulting process id: 0xbcc
Faulting application start time: 0x01cd94f5c91017f9
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\Wordconv.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 0782354d-00e9-11e2-9dd3-d4ae52a6a4c6

Any suggestions on how to fix this besides upgrading?

Compatible pack for Office 2003

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.