title: sharepoint opens documents in Read only mode for users with office 2010
body: <p>I had a strange issue with Sharepoint 2010 where users with contribute permissions when they try to open a document it always open in read only mode. I reviewed the farm configuration and everything seems to be fine. I also noticed that users with office 2013 are able to open and edit the documents with no issues. I knew at that point that it was related to the client office version and not Sharepoint. After a lot of research I found the solution. </p>
  
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  <li>On the client computer experiencing the issue click on "RUN" then type "RegEdit". </li>
  <li>go to this path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Internet</li>
  <li>Right click and create new "DWORD" entry and give it a name of "FSSHTTPOff"</li>
  <li>Double click the new entry and enter 1 for the value. </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Once done you might need to reboot the computer but not always required. once done the user with office 2010 will be able to edit documents in Sharepoint.</p>
  
  <p>Please note that to apply this change to all users, your IT Admin will have to push out this change as a policy change on the network.</p>
  
  <p>Hope this solution will help someone out there :)</p>
  
  <p>Eyad</p>