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Article ID: 268465 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 4.1
OFF2000: Error Message "Help Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or Greater" When You Start Help
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SYMPTOMS
In any of the Office 2000 programs or Project 2000, if you ask the Office Assistant for help and click any of the Help topics, the following error message appears:
Help requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or greater. You can install the latest version of IE from www.Microsoft.com.
CAUSE
This problem can occur if both of the following conditions are true:
- You are using Microsoft Windows 2000.
- You downloaded and installed Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1 (SP1) from the Web between Thursday, July 6, 2000, and Tuesday, July 11, 2000.
One of the installation .inf files in the original release of Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 writes an incorrect build number to the registry.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use any of the following methods.
Resolution 1: Install Critical Update from July 14, 2000
Microsoft has released an update to correct this problem. The update is available at the following Microsoft Web site:
Resolution 2: Install Internet Explorer 5.5 or Later
You can resolve this problem by installing Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. For more information about the latest version of Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web page:
Resolution 3: Modify the Registry
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
- Quit all running Office programs.
- On the Start menu, click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In Registry Editor, locate and click the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
- In the right pane, click the Build string value.
- On the Edit menu, click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 53103.1000, and then click OK.
- On the Registry menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1 downloaded from the Web between Thursday, July 6, 2000, and Tuesday, July 11, 2000.
This problem was resolved for Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 downloads from the Web on July 12, 2000. If you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 on July 12, 2000, or later, your computer is not affected by this issue. If you do not know when you downloaded Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1, Microsoft recommends that you apply the Critical Update from July 14, 2000.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition
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