Windows security blocks video clip embedded in PowerPoint

[Guest]

I embeded several video clips in a PowerPoint slide show.

Things worked fine till I zipped the folder that includes the pps file and
the video clips and published them on a shared drive. Now, when I unzip the
folder, run the slide show and click the action button that includes a
hyperlink to the video file I get the following:

"Windows has blocked this software because it can't verify the publisher.
Name: ocget.dll
Publisher: Unknown Publisher"

I'm totally confused -- there is NO ocget.dll on my machine. Also, how did
Media Player decide that this ocget.dll is from an unknown publisher? Is
there anyway I can tell it that I am the publisher?

Can anyone help me figure out how to get rid of this problem?

Thanks in advance,

Cheryl

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm guessing that the videos use a codec that's not available on the computer
you're playing the presentation on so media player's trying to download them
and first tries to get hold of ocget.dll (which apparently plays a part in the
download process).

Apparently the digital signature on ocget.dll has expired so windows says
"Whoa, can't trust these people, they're not legit" and won't let your computer
install it.

It's not complaining about you, the publisher of the presentation.
It's complaining about, believe it or not, Microsoft, publisher of the dll.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Steve. That makes sense -- is there a way to update the digital
signature of the ocget.dll?

Cheryl

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks, Steve. That makes sense -- is there a way to update the digital
signature of the ocget.dll?

Yes, but it's up to MS to do it.