Re: Outlook 2002 SP3 ActiveX warning

Hydethedarkerside_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 02/24/05

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    Hi Helmut

    Many thanks, but I absolutely don't want to deactivate any security measure
    without first knowing what ActiveX control is being held behind the text I'm
    cutting from the Word document and pasting into the Outlook email.

    Regards
    Hyde.

    "Helmut Obertanner" wrote:

    > Hello Hyde,
    >
    > this can be deactivated by a RegistryKey, but then you have a Security Flaw.
    > There is a good article on microsoft about Office Security:
    >
    > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011403201033.aspx
    >
    > Hope that helps,
    > Helmut Obertanner
    >
    >
    >
    > ""Hyde" the darker side" <Hydethedarkerside@discussions.microsoft.com>
    > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
    > news:AD0DF74F-E89C-403A-B171-756D1FDDED3F@microsoft.com...
    > > Apologies if this is posted to the wrong forum.
    > >
    > > I'm getting the following warning message when trying to paste from Word
    > > 2002 SP3 into a fresh HTML formatted email.
    > >
    > > "your current security settings prohibit running activeX controls on this
    > > page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."
    > >
    > > I've narrowed the activation of this warning to a single word or part of a
    > > word in various paragraphs of a CV I received and then used as a template
    > > to
    > > formulate my own CV. So it's not the same word that activates the
    > > warning,
    > > nor does it look like it's a word in a particular position within the
    > > paragraph.
    > >
    > > I've disabled all macros and removed all COM add-ins in Word, and these
    > > two
    > > offending documents are the only ones that cause this warning message.
    > >
    > > How can I track down what is actually causing this and remove it?
    > >
    > > My work around for my own CV was to save it as an rtf document and then
    > > open
    > > that format and once again save it with a doc extension. But I'd still
    > > like
    > > to know how to trace the offending code that's causing the warning in the
    > > original documents so that I can evaluate any risk.
    > >
    > > I'm running XP SP2 with firewall enabled. AVG Free Edition anti virus
    > > software with the most up-to-date protection and also run Lavasofts
    > > Ad-Aware
    > > SE with the latest updates. None of these products reports any problem
    > > with
    > > my laptop.
    > >
    > > Regards
    > > Hyde.
    >
    >
    >

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