Article ID: 284875 - Last Review: June 27, 2007 - Revision: 4.1 Local user and group permissions for Excel are valid on any computerThis article was previously published under Q284875 SYMPTOMS
If you specify permissions on ranges in a Microsoft Excel workbook to allow users access to parts of that protected workbook, a user without permissions may be able to edit those ranges on a different computer.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if all of the following conditions are true:
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, give permissions to domain users and groups instead of local users and groups.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows Vista have access control lists (ACLs) that contain computer, user, and group names. When you open a workbook in which the permission to edit ranges is assigned to a user or group, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista match the user name or group name with a valid member in the ACL. If a local user or group matches the text, that local user or group has permission to edit the range.
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