FYI: MS Patch Clobers ActiveX Controls & Macros 1

[SkipVought]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/28...3011970-silverlight-kb-3004394-root-cert.html

 

[MakeItSo]

That's why I had to leave my computer updating the night over....
Microsoft appears more an more overtasked with keeping up to snuff...

Thanks for the info!


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[macropod]

This appears to be caused by the latest MS Office updates, which have broken the functionality of ActiveX controls. the offending updates are:
KB2596927 for Office 2007
KB2553154 for Office 2010
KB2726958 for Office 2013
Uninstalling these updates restores ActiveX functionality.

The following commands in a batch file will also restore ActiveX functionality without uninstalling the updates.
@del "C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Forms\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\*.exd" /s

Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]