Can't specify merge data source

[SpEducator]

Word 2003, Windows XP:

Our staff member has a merge document which uses a table in another word
document for its data source. Both documents are on a network share drive,
and they can be properly merged and opened on many computers in our office.
However, all merge documents quit working on one staff member's computer.

On the problem PC, when the document is opened, the error is received that
Word cannot find the data source. I go through the find menu to select the
data source, only to receive the same error yet again, and the loop
continues.

Word can see and open the data source document just fine, but it will not
accept it as the merge data source.

This same process and same documents worked on this PC until very recently.
It seemed to break around the same time as a spyware infection followed by
installation if IE7 beta. All spyware has been removed, is there anything in
IE7 beta that could be impacting Word's connecting to a data source?

I have tried uninstalling, restarting, and reinstalling Microsoft Office
2003 Professional to no avail.

Carmen Mercer
Spokane Schools
Spokane WA

 

[Kooster]

Move a copy of the data source to the local machine. Does it work 'ok'? If
so, it sounds like a network access issue.

_ PJK _

 

[SpEducator]

Yes, the data source does work if it is on the local machine. However, the
user can navigate to the network share and open the data source document for
reading and writing just fine. The user doesn't have problems accessing any
network resources.

Are there any security elements that install with IE7 that would do this?
We're going to uninstall IE7 anyway because it shouldn't really be there.
Maybe that will fix it...