Saving Word Documents Locally

Thanks, Stefan - sorry to be so long to respond.

The location specified in dialog box (above) is the C:\users\april\documents file - my default user profile. Yet still, when I go to my word program... it default saves and opens to my skydrive\documents folder...

I am trying to make my default so I am not going to SkyDrive but saving and opening on my local c: drive.

Thanks!

http://www.guidingtech.com/14146/disable-save-to-skydrive-office-2013/

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officesetupdeploy/thread/0e840d9d-c8c0-4e0b-8620-7e9adc3b4d8d - this article describes another registry hack, but it appears to break sharepoint access

Press Windows key + I

Click Change PC Settings

Click Skydrive

Click Files

Under ‘Save files by default to Skydrive’

Drag the knob to the left to turn it off

Did eliminate most of the problems by going to “Settings” / “Change PC Settings” / SkyDrive” and disabling (OFF) everything on all 4 of the pages.

Note: for group Policy you have to be running Win 8/8.1 Pro or Enterprise (if you only have “regular” Win 8/8.1 skip this tip!)

There’s a group policy you can use to disable SkyDrive integration.

Here’s how: Run gpedit.msc. Under Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\SkyDrive, enable the Prevent the usage of SkyDrive for file storage policy setting.

You should see this take effect within a couple of minutes. You won’t be able to access your SkyDrive files from the SkyDrive app. The SkyDrive node will go away from the Explorer left navigation pane. File syncing will stop.

Edit: If you’re on an ARM device, do this first - Run services.msc, and start the Group Policy Client service.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/29426-skydrive-integration-windows-8-1-enable-disable.html

http://www.askvg.com/5-tips-to-customize-file-save-page-in-microsoft-office-applications/

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-plus-things-that-are-missing-from-excel-2013/

If you don’t want to disable new file open and save pages but want to remove SkyDrive option from these pages, you can do this by disabling “Show additional places for saving, even if sign-in may be required” option (2013 File menu > Options command > Save option > Save Documents section). It’ll remove SkyDrive option from file open and save pages.

You can also set your local computer as default file save location by enabling “Save to Computer by default” option.

http://4sysops.com/archives/should-you-update-to-windows-8-1/

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1_pr-files/how-do-i-disable-skydrive-integration-in-win81-or/c28b87cf-2900-4c91-ba4f-8d238b7776da

http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/21544-block-skydrive-on-windows-8-using-group-policy-and-applocker

There’s a group policy you can use to disable SkyDrive integration.

Here’s how: Run gpedit.msc. Under Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\SkyDrive, enable the Prevent the usage of SkyDrive for file storage policy setting.

You should see this take effect within a couple of minutes. You won’t be able to access your SkyDrive files from the SkyDrive app. The SkyDrive node will go away from the Explorer left navigation pane. File syncing will stop.

Edit: If you’re on an ARM device, do this first - Run services.msc, and start the Group Policy Client service.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-office_storage/remove-skydrive/0347d465-7116-41be-a8ef-cc77b1f8992c

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OK I have spent a reasonable amount of time probing Microsoft’s services. I believe I have discovered most of the infrastructure that supports SkyDrive and I am happy to share the address ranges I have blocked with you.

I will point out that by blocking these addresses you may break functionality for some apps and other services however; I have found that all of the online functionality for Office (including obtaining new document templates), Skype, Windows Update, Games For Windows Live (soon to be shutdown I might add) is present and available though any time I attempt to access SkyDrive it simply times out and presents me with my local file system.

Microsoft own a number of address spaces on the public Internet, what follows are the rules I employ to block access to SkyDrive. The rules are outbound so they function from LAN (my network) to WAN (the Internet). It is possible that these can be further refined, but bear in mind addresses are usually sold to corporations as bulk ranges. I can not confirm if XBox services are affected since I do not own an XBox. I have also spaced out the ruleset to improve readability.

Intfirewall.officenet.xxxxx.com outbound Firewall SkyDrive ruleset

Address/Address Range

64.4.37.93  Block Immediately (Log enabled)

65.54.191.10 - 65.54.191.200  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.54.224.1 - 65.54.224.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.52.244.1 - 65.52.244.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.52.245.1 - 65.52.245.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.52.209.1 - 65.52.209.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.52.168.1 - 65.52.168.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

65.55.195.100 - 65.55.195.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

157.55.56.10 - 157.55.56.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

157.55.246.1 - 157.55.246.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

157.56.29.100 - 157.56.29.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

157.56.108.1 - 157.56.108.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

157.56.107.1 - 157.56.107.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

207.46.0.100 - 207.46.0.254  Block ALL Immediately (Log enabled)

That is as far as I have found so far but the net result on any tested Windows 8 machine is a timeout. Bear in mind that if you are in a different country there is a strong probability that you may need to implement additional or different address(es)/address blocks.

Finally Microsoft own many publicly routable address spaces. To bypass a block all they need to do is repoint d.docs.live.net to a different address, additionally such methods as outlined above will probably become unworkable when ipv6 finally goes live due to the sheer volume of possible addresses.

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Disable-SkyDrive-Integration-in-Windows-8-1-Preview-365867.shtml GPEDIT.MSC

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/0e840d9d-c8c0-4e0b-8620-7e9adc3b4d8d/it-is-possible-to-disable-skydrive-right

http://www.askvg.com/download-hotfix-to-remove-skydrive-pro-option-from-context-menu-added-by-microsoft-office-2013/