Idiotic Outlook "security concern"

[Andrew]

When I start Outlook 2007 I get a pop up telling me that Outlook has
identified a "potential security concern" and has disabled the add-in. I
then click "Disable application addin" to disable the already disabled
addin. However next time I start Outlook the pop up is there again telling
me Outlook has disabled the application addin I disabled last time. I
presume that when I disabled it last time, Outlook didn't really disable it,
it was only pretending. And so I disable it yet again.

The addin is "mssphtbl.dll". In Tools/Trust Centre/COM Addins the dll is
linked to "Windows Search email Indexer" and is disabled (funny about that.)
This looks OK so I try to enable it, but I get a message telling me I can't
because "The connected state of Office Add-Ins registered in HKLM cannot be
changed."

Not only is the user dialogue totally ineffective, this is Microsoft
software complaining about Microsoft software being a potential security
concern?

How do I either enable or disable the add-in, one way or the other, to stop
the idiotic popup each time?

TIA
Andrew

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

For changing registry settings in HKLM you need to be logged on as an
administrator.

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Am Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:53:52 +1100 schrieb Andrew:

 

[Andrew]

I am logged on as an administrator.
The question again: How do I either enable or disable the add-in, one way or
the other, to stop the popup each time I open Outlook?

 

[Andrew]

Here's the answer: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/87
Vista doesn't recognise that I am an administrator and I have to tell it a
second time. The prompts to the user really are rubbish.