Running Office 2003 on Server 2008 R2
When trying to open documents using the file converter in Excel 2003 SP3 on Server 2008 R2, the following message is displayed "microsoft excel is waiting for another application to complete an ole action 2003" or "the converter failed to open the file". The following KB article allows this feature to work. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/980210 - KB Article http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/2/A624F8C9-B51E-4CC6-A0AC-ACB684E2E265/office-kb980210-fullfile-x86-glb.exe - Direct Download