How do I disable "Use my local drafts folder" by default?

When users open files to edit them on my SharePoint 2010 install I would like to force the dialog box that opens to uncheck the "Use my local drafts folder" box by default and prevent the user from changing this. Can it be done? How? Alternatively that dialog box can be eliminated altogether as long as I can set every user to never use their local drafts folder by default. Edit: I should have specified this earlier, but I would like to force this change across the entire network through AD or group policy or from the back-end of SharePoint itself. I am aware that I can use Word or Excel to change the default for any Office file, but I would like to take the option away from my users altogether for all files. Edit 2: We're currently using Office 2007 with no immediate plans to move to 2010.

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3 Answers 3

Office 2010:

Category: Microsoft Office Document Cache
Policy: Check-out to local disk
Associated Registry Key: software\policies\microsoft\office\common\offline\options
Registry Value Name: UseLocalDrafts
Registry Value: 0

Office 2007:

Set the following entry in the registry using group policy:

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common\Offline\Options
Registry Value Name: Local
Registry Value: 0 (DWORD)