Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
RESOLUTION
How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 Hotfix Package that is dated January 27, 2006. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
910837 Description of the Outlook 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: January 27, 2006
How to enable this hotfix
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:
- Quit Outlook 2002.
- Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- Locate and then click to select the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\office\10.0\outlook\security
- After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD.
- Type AllowActiveXOneOffForms, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click AllowActiveXOneOffForms, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
- On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
Note You can also create the AllowActiveXOneOffForms registry entry under the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \software\policies\microsoft\office\10.0\outlook\security
Note If you install this hotfix, Outlook 2002 may stop responding (hang) if you use a published one-off form that has an unsigned activeX control.