Security on Word Docs

I'm not sure if this is the right group for this question, but here
goes anyway. I've got a secure web site that includes a document
library - just a list of links that open a variety of files in a
secondary window. The files are a combination of pdfs, txt and doc
files. Users with access to the library are members of a group with
read, but not write, access to the folders that hold the files on the
web server. The pdfs and text files work well and the Word docs open
fine, but when the docs are closed, they ask for the user name/password
again. I'm thinking it's because Word is trying to save changes (even
though there were, in fact, no changes made). I set the files to
readonly to no avail. Does anyone know if there's a setting on IIS,
Word, or anything else that will stop files from trying to save
changes?

Thanks,
Dave

Re: Security on Word Docs

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> I'm not sure if this is the right group for this question, but here
> goes anyway. I've got a secure web site that includes a document
> library - just a list of links that open a variety of files in a
> secondary window. The files are a combination of pdfs, txt and doc
> files. Users with access to the library are members of a group with
> read, but not write, access to the folders that hold the files on the
> web server. The pdfs and text files work well and the Word docs open
> fine, but when the docs are closed, they ask for the user name/password
> again. I'm thinking it's because Word is trying to save changes (even
> though there were, in fact, no changes made). I set the files to
> readonly to no avail. Does anyone know if there's a setting on IIS,
> Word, or anything else that will stop files from trying to save
> changes?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>

That's the default behavior of some Office versions trying to open the
document in read/write for the "Office Extensions" (like FrontPage).

You can;

- teach users to press "cancel" on the box
- present the documents in a different format
- update Office on all the client computers to one of the later service
packs for your Office version

It isn't IIS, it's the default behavior of Office that does it. (There's no
check box, you gotta get the service pack to get it to stop.)