Service Pack 3 for Office XP

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Is there a way to disable the prompt that a program is accessing my address
book? Or to say "Remember Always". Registry edit or anything to fix
this???
 
The security dialogs that pop up when an application tries to access certain
Outlook properties and methods are designed to inhibit the spread of viruses
via Outlook; see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec. They
cannot be simply turned on or off with a user option or registry setting.

However, Outlook 2003 does not show security prompts on three specific types
of applications:

-- VBScript code in published, non-oneoff Outlook forms

-- Outlook VBA code that uses the intrinsic Application object

-- Outlook COM add-ins properly constructed to derive all objects from
the Application object passed by the OnConnection event

In earlier versions of Outlook, standalone users can use a free tool called
Express ClickYes (http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) to
click the security dialog buttons automatically. Beware that this means if a
virus tries to send mail using Outlook or gain access to your address book,
it will succeed.

If you're the administrator in an Exchange Server environment, you can
reduce the impact of the security prompts with administrative tools. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/admin.htm

If it's an application you wrote yourself and either your application needs
to support versions besides Outlook 2003 or your application runs extenal to
Outlook, you have these options for modifying your program to avoid the
security prompts (roughly in order of preference):

-- Use Extended MAPI (see http://www.slipstick.com/dev/mapi.htm) and C++
or Delphi; this is the most secure method and the only one that Microsoft
recommends. However, it applies only to COM add-ins and external programs;
you cannot use Extended MAPI in Outlook forms or VBA.

-- Use Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party
COM library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the Outlook Object
Model, providing many methods that the Outlook model does not support

-- Use SendKeys to "click" the buttons on the security dialogs that your
application may trigger. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec for a link to sample
code.

-- Program the free Express ClickYes
(http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) tool to start suspended
and turn it on only when your program needs to have the buttons clicked
automatically.
 
I have a similar problem that started just after I installed the Office XP
Suite SP3 only the box pops up 3-4 times for every email I RECEIVE (several
hundred a day). I have Outlook 2002. As far as I can tell this page starts
to explain what's happening:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2002sp3.htm#problems. It says that I must
have a COM add-in, VBA or published form which is triggering the security
prompt.

I only have one VBA program that I use to process our orders that uses
Outlook to send emails. I am used to getting the popup whenever I send email
with this program, but I have never gotten the popup when receiving email.
The author of the program assures me that it cannot be causing this problem
with Outlook.

The above page doesn't explain how to find out which add-in is causing the
problem. How do I find out?
 
It is not possible to determine what program is triggering the security
prompt. Do you have antispam or antivirus programs? Any of those could very
well be affected. Check with the vendor for an updated version.
 
Hi,

I'm having the same problem since installing Office XP SP3 2 days ago. Prior
to SP3, I had installed every updates and fixes applicable to Office XP,
with no problem whatsoever. I have 2 programs that trigger this annoying
dialog box: The secret messenger for Outlook, which encrypts email sent with
Outlook, and Norton AntiSpam. With Norton AntiSpam (NAS), the situation is
even worse. When I try to use NAS to teach it which emails received are Spam
and which are not, by clicking on the appropriate button, "This is spam" or
"This is not spam", the dialog box immediately pops up. Once I click yes to
allow NAS to proceed, NAS does its work but the Outlook interface becomes
frozen. The only way out is to use Task manager and kill the Outlook
process. So, in essence, Office XP SP3 has broken Norton AntiSpam.

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall NAS to no avail. I have tried to
uninstall and reinstall Office XP. If I apply SP3 to the new install, the
situation remains the same. Norton AntiSpam does not work on my system with
Office XP SP3.

Not enough that we constantly have to apply fixes with Microsoft products,
be it with every versions of Windows or Office, but getting our programs
broken by these fixes on top of it all is more that I bargained for.

I certainly hope that Microsoft will address these problems promptly.
Moreover, instead of behaving like a dictatorship, they should consult with
software vendors before issuing code that in effect breaks that of other
vendors. Symantec is certainly not your mom and pop operation and one would
assume that the offending code would have at least been shown to them before
being issued publicly.

Luc Marcil
 
Hi,

I'm having the same problem since installing Office XP SP3 2 days ago. Prior
to SP3, I had installed every updates and fixes applicable to Office XP,
with no problem whatsoever. I have 2 programs that trigger this annoying
dialog box: The secret messenger for Outlook, which encrypts email sent with
Outlook, and Norton AntiSpam. With Norton AntiSpam (NAS), the situation is
even worse. When I try to use NAS to teach it which emails received are Spam
and which are not, by clicking on the appropriate button, "This is spam" or
"This is not spam", the dialog box immediately pops up. Once I click yes to
allow NAS to proceed, NAS does its work but the Outlook interface becomes
frozen. The only way out is to use Task manager and kill the Outlook
process. So, in essence, Office XP SP3 has broken Norton AntiSpam.

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall NAS to no avail. I have tried to
uninstall and reinstall Office XP. If I apply SP3 to the new install, the
situation remains the same. Norton AntiSpam does not work on my system with
Office XP SP3.

Not enough that we constantly have to apply fixes with Microsoft products,
be it with every versions of Windows or Office, but getting our programs
broken by these fixes on top of it all is more that I bargained for.

I certainly hope that Microsoft will address these problems promptly.
Moreover, instead of behaving like a dictatorship, they should consult with
software vendors before issuing code that in effect breaks that of other
vendors. Symantec is certainly not your mom and pop operation and one would
assume that the offending code would have at least been shown to them before
being issued publicly.

Luc Marcil
Click to expand...
I agree. And paid for telephone support kept me running
around in circles for 3 hours and never solved the problem
but charged me anyway for solving a problem they THOUGHT
was affecting the problem.....

Linux is looking better and better.

Louise
 
Then I suggest that you start learning it. It is not an automatic gimme,
but takes some time and reading to learn to configure and run as an OS and
for Office applications. It may be well worth your while.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Louise asked:

| In article <[email protected]>,
| (e-mail address removed) says...
|| Hi,
||
|| I'm having the same problem since installing Office XP SP3 2 days
|| ago. Prior to SP3, I had installed every updates and fixes
|| applicable to Office XP, with no problem whatsoever. I have 2
|| programs that trigger this annoying dialog box: The secret messenger
|| for Outlook, which encrypts email sent with Outlook, and Norton
|| AntiSpam. With Norton AntiSpam (NAS), the situation is even worse.
|| When I try to use NAS to teach it which emails received are Spam and
|| which are not, by clicking on the appropriate button, "This is spam"
|| or "This is not spam", the dialog box immediately pops up. Once I
|| click yes to allow NAS to proceed, NAS does its work but the Outlook
|| interface becomes frozen. The only way out is to use Task manager
|| and kill the Outlook process. So, in essence, Office XP SP3 has
|| broken Norton AntiSpam.
||
|| I have tried to uninstall and reinstall NAS to no avail. I have
|| tried to uninstall and reinstall Office XP. If I apply SP3 to the
|| new install, the situation remains the same. Norton AntiSpam does
|| not work on my system with Office XP SP3.
||
|| Not enough that we constantly have to apply fixes with Microsoft
|| products, be it with every versions of Windows or Office, but
|| getting our programs broken by these fixes on top of it all is more
|| that I bargained for.
||
|| I certainly hope that Microsoft will address these problems promptly.
|| Moreover, instead of behaving like a dictatorship, they should
|| consult with software vendors before issuing code that in effect
|| breaks that of other vendors. Symantec is certainly not your mom and
|| pop operation and one would assume that the offending code would
|| have at least been shown to them before being issued publicly.
||
|| Luc Marcil
||
||
||
|| ||| It is not possible to determine what program is triggering the
||| security prompt. Do you have antispam or antivirus programs? Any of
||| those could very well be affected. Check with the vendor for an
||| updated version. --
||| Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
||| Author of
||| Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
||| Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
|||
|||
|||
||| | I agree. And paid for telephone support kept me running
| around in circles for 3 hours and never solved the problem
| but charged me anyway for solving a problem they THOUGHT
| was affecting the problem.....
|
| Linux is looking better and better.
|
| Louise
 
Hi,

As far as the problem I reported earlier concerning Norton AntiSpam (NAS)
being broken by Office XP SP3, the situation has been partly resolved by
Symantec yesterday. Symantec in effect issued a patch for NAS yesterday. The
Outlook interface no longer freezes when using NAS' features that are meant
to teach it how to classify emails. On the other hand, the annoying warning
dialog box introduced with Office XP SP3 pops up everytime I use the email
classification features on NAS.

Milly, you might want to be careful in suggesting to frustrated Microsoft
customers that they might want to start learning Linux...

It might very well come to the point where it's actually easier to learn
Linux with Star Office/Open Office than fiddle with a constant flow of
patches from Microsoft that are becoming more and more tedious to install
and that have all kinds of perverse effects upon the software of other
vendors and, ultimately, upon the stability of people's systems.

A lot of Microsoft users/customers might heed your own advice and realize
the benefits af freeing themselves from the clutches of Microsoft, a legally
declared monopolist.

Luc Marcil




Milly Staples said:
Then I suggest that you start learning it. It is not an automatic gimme,
but takes some time and reading to learn to configure and run as an OS and
for Office applications. It may be well worth your while.
Click to expand...
 
Luc,

You are asking to much for Milly to recommend people should start learning
Linux. She is under an obligation to keep Bill at the apex of the "rich-list".
One does not get the right to use MVP for free!. There is no free lunch in my
country.

I understand Wordperfect Office might just come out in Linux very shortly [end
2004]. I remember Wordperfect for Dos was the leading package which made PC
attractive for users which in turn made Bill Gates sell his Disk Operating
System (MSDOS) making him his first million dollars!

Hope this puts the record straight.
 
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