SP2 and ActiveX

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Andrew_T_Turek
Aug 30, 2004
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Since installing SP2 I repeatedly find that Internet Explorer closes saying that it was running an add-in. The file is pdf.ocx and the problem is "Adobe Acrobat Control for ActiveX."

I have been on the Microsoft SP2 site but that was a journey into Kafka country; it made more sense in the original Sanskrit! Is there, please, anybody, a straightforward step-by-step fix to this problem?

Thanks to one and all.

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Beth_Haney
Aug 30, 2004
This isn’t the straightforward step-by-step you want, but look at this link and see if anything rings a bell. It’s about Win SP2 and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, which most of us have buried somewhere on our hard drives. I avoid Windows whenever possible, but I try to pay attention to things like this, since I do care and feeding of a couple of Windows machines (with "attitude"!)

<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1637223,00.asp>
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Jodi_Frye
Aug 30, 2004
Beth, ya slappin the Windows hard drives around are ya ? 🙂
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Beth_Haney
Aug 30, 2004
Unfortunately, yes. I’d rather avoid them than abuse them. 🙁
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Jim_Hess
Aug 30, 2004
I have decided that the best way to deal with Service Pack 2 is to wait for the INEVITABLE patch that will be released by Microsoft to fix all of the screwups in Service Pack 2. Maybe I will then install it.
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Jodi_Frye
Aug 30, 2004
I installed it the day before yesterday and have not had a single problem thus far. I disabled the windows Firewall since i already have a Norton firewall ( I did a little research on this matter and it was advised not to have them both running together ). The patch or ‘SP2’ was long overdue so I decided i was not going to wait to apply it.
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Kenneth_Liffmann
Aug 30, 2004
Jodi,
Except for the firewall, which can be turned on or off at the user’s discretion, what feature(s) prompted you to install?
Ken
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Jim_Hess
Aug 30, 2004
I suppose if I were only using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements as my primary applications on the computer it would be safe to go ahead and install Service Pack 2. But I also do a lot of video editing. And I rely heavily on one of these "you talk-it types" programs because I have a disability that makes typing an extremely slow process for me. I have spoken with several people, and have read comments from others, that have caused me to be very leery of this Service Pack.
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Kenneth_Liffmann
Aug 30, 2004
Jim,
That, of course, is the conundrum – the risk/reward ratio. All that I have seen is material put out be Microsoft, certainly compelling information. They spent a lot of money on this patch which they are providing. Where can one "read comments from others, that have caused me to be very leery of this Service Pack." It would be nice to make an informed decision about installing SP2. My computer at this point in time functions flawlessly, hence my ambivalence.
Ken
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RSD99
Aug 30, 2004
"Kenneth_Liffmann" posted:
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My computer at this point in time functions flawlessly, hence my ambivalence. …."

Ever heard the old saying … "Don’t fix what’s not broken?"

You might think about getting the SP2 update in CD-ROM format … and storing it until you *need* it.

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Jim,
That, of course, is the conundrum – the risk/reward ratio. All that I have seen is
material put out be Microsoft, certainly compelling information. They spent a lot of money on this patch which they are providing. Where can one "read comments from others, that have caused me to be very leery of this Service Pack." It would be nice to make an informed decision about installing SP2. My computer at this point in time functions flawlessly, hence my ambivalence.
Ken
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Chuck_Snyder
Aug 31, 2004
I finally installed SP2 yesterday and all’s well so far. I think I have both firewalls (Norton and MS) running, so I may hit a wall here soon….. Gotta figure out how to turn off the MS wall. Jodi?
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Patti Anderson
Aug 31, 2004
I’m not Jodi, but I figured it out.

Start menu>Control Panel>Security Center

Down at the bottom of the Security window, click on Windows Firewall. On the General tab, click to check the red shield to turn it off and then click OK. Back on the Security Center window, the Firewall listing should list just your Norton firewall now (click the little down arrows on the right to expand text).

Patti
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Jodi_Frye
Aug 31, 2004
This is the review I read before downloading SP2, you decide..;

<http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/sp2-review.html>

I am currently monitoring my own antivirus.

PS, I knew it was something I had to do (downloading patch) whether I wanted to or not. It was created for a reason and if they have more patches for the patch then i’ll download those as well. It’s my duty as a PC owner.
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Chuck_Snyder
Sep 1, 2004
Thank you, Patti!

🙂
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Andrew_T_Turek
Sep 1, 2004
In the end I uninstalled SP2. When the patched up version is released I will try it again. Thank you Bill G*tes.
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Chuck_Snyder
Sep 1, 2004
So far, so good with SP2 on my machine. I’d be afraid to uninstall it…I’m not very good at that kinda stuff.
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Raymond Robillard
Sep 2, 2004
Sorry, forgot to add the text… This was to remind users of Win XP-SP2 that some virus exists, dedicated for this particular Windows version, and they hide themselves behind our favorite subject… Photos! The subject line for this particular one is foto or fotos… So, be careful out there!

Ray
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Ron Hunter
Sep 2, 2004
Ray wrote:

Sorry, forgot to add the text… This was to remind users of Win XP-SP2 that some virus exists, dedicated for this particular Windows version, and they hide themselves behind our favorite subject… Photos! The subject line for this particular one is foto or fotos… So, be careful out there!
Ray

Yes, and it seems Norton didn’t feel this one was threatening enough to send an immediate liveupdate. I got the file two days before the update that catches it. Fortunately I practice ‘safe hex’, and never execute any .exe I didn’t request.

It all goes to prove there is NO software that will replace an alert person who follows good operating practices.

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