Windows Journal Security Dialog Prompts to Accept Office XP Pack for Tablet PC (820883)

SYMPTOMS

When you start Windows Journal after you install the Microsoft Office XP Pack for Tablet PC (Tablet Pack), you may be prompted with the following Security Warning message:

Do you want to install and run "Microsoft Office XP Pack for Tablet PC" signed on DateTime and distributed by:
Microsoft Corporation
Publisher authenticity verified by Microsoft Code Signing PCA

Caution: Microsoft Corporation asserts that this content is safe. You should only install/view this content if you trust Microsoft Corporation to make that assertion.
Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation

There is a check box next to Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation, and at the bottom of the message there are three buttons named Yes, No, and More Info.

CAUSE

The Tablet Pack adds additional functionality to Windows Journal that permits you to insert Outlook meeting information and convert note content to an Outlook e-mail, appointment, contact, and task.

To extend Windows Journal, the Tablet Pack leverages the Action DLL architecture in Journal. Part of the Action DLL architecture is a security layer that requires you to trust the add-in code that is running in Windows Journal. Because of this security layer, Journal does not load the Tablet Pack components until you allow the execution of the add-ins. This behavior helps to protect you from loading unexpected or damaging code on your Tablet PC computer.

RESOLUTION

To prevent the security dialog box from appearing, you have several options depending on the extent that you want to allow or prevent loading.

Method 1: Always Trust Microsoft

This method prevents the security dialog from appearing in the future. This gives you the complete Tablet Pack functionality in Windows Journal. Microsoft recommends that you use this method to prevent the security dialog box prompt from appearing.

Start Windows Journal
Click to select the Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation check box on the Security Warning dialog, and then click Yes.

Note When you select this option, Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation only applies to Windows Journal. Other programs like Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office XP, and others are not affected. Such programs still prompt you when you must install or run add-ins from Microsoft Corporation.

Method 2: Remove the Tablet Pack

This method completely removes the Journal integration features of the Tablet Pack and removes the option to use ink in Microsoft Office XP programs.

Click Start, then click Control Panel
Click Add/Remove Programs
Select Microsoft Office XP Pack for Tablet PC, and then click Remove.
Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the software.

Method 3: Disable only the Tablet Pack integration in Journal

This method prevents the Tablet Pack components from loading in Journal. Therefore, the Journal integration features described earlier in this article will not be available.

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type cmd, and then click OK.
Type CD %programfiles%\tablet pack.
Type regsvr32 -u nbtag.dll.
Click OK.

If you want to restore this functionality later, in step 3 remove the -u parameter. This enables Nbtag.dll again.

Method 4: Prevent the Loading of All Action DLL Add-ins in Journal

This method makes the Journal integration features of Tablet Pack not available and prevents any other Action DLL add-ins from loading.

Click Start, and then click Run.
Type cmd then click OK.
Type CD %programfiles%\windows journal
Type journal -Action 0

If you want to restore the Action DLL functionality later, in step 3 change the "0" to a "1". This enables the Action DLLs in Journal.