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I am getting this prompt in Outlook every time I try to open a .doc file.

You should only open attachments from a trustworthy source prompt when opening a .doc file

There is a checkbox that says 

Always ask before opening this type of file

which is checked and grayed out. The user does not have local admin privileges. I was wondering if there was a registry edit to resolve this.

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I dont think this is controlled at your local machine , this is probably controlled from the exchange server . So a reg edit wouldnt help you – Shakehar Jun 28 '11 at 19:56
You can enable the checkbox if you have an admin account (Win 7 and Vista) so it isn't a server side issue. As you say, it should be possible with a registry tweak. – Tog Jun 28 '11 at 21:14
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Your user is seeing the results of the Attachment Manager. You can

  • Turn the Attachment Manager off (or, rather, tell it not to save zone information in files) with a group policy setting.
  • If you trust the site from which the user download the document, add the site to the list of trusted Internet sites. (Raymond Chen's preferred option.)
  • Show the user how to select Unblock on the file’s Properties tab.
  • Fiddle around at a low level with tools like streams or AlternateStreamView to delete the data stream that comprises the zone identifier.
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