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Default Why do some Word 2003 prompt for running a blank SQL command?

I have a Labels type main document that has been saved before attempting to
open a data source. The users of this document like that it is a labels type
document because when it is opened, the Mailing Wizard automatically goes to
step 3.

Unfortunately some, but not all, Word 2003 users when they attempt to open
it, get the "Opening this document will run the following SQL command:" and
the command is blank. This is frustrating both for the users and for the
support desk. The affected users don't like getting the dialog when their
colleagues don't, and the help desk personnel doesn't like not knowing how to
prevent the dialog from occurring.

So far, the problem seems to occur only with Word 2003 in Windows XP
Professional SP2. It has not been reported with Word 2007. It does not seem
to be related to the version of Word 2003. The problem occurs with some, not
all, older version of Word 2003, and with some, not all, newer version of
Word 2003.

Based on previous postings, we looked for the Word/Options/NoSQLQuery
registry setting on the Word 2003 installations that do not have the problem
and it is not there. That's good because, for security reason, we do not
want to bypass the dialog for documents that do have a SQL query.

The users do not want the document saved as a Normal type main document as
suggested in another posting.

I just want to know what causes some Word 2003 installations to show the
dialog and other Word 2003 installations not to show the dialog. That would
allow me to provide information to the users and help desk that will prevent
the affected users feeling they are being discriminated against.