Microsoft KB Archive/241385

= MSDN Library topics display ActiveX control warning =

Article ID: 241385

Article Last Modified on 4/29/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * MSDN 2003 Universal Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q241385



SYMPTOMS
When displaying any topic in the MSDN Library on Windows NT 4.0, the following error appears:

This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX control. Your current security settings prohibit running controls in this manner. As a result, this page may not display correctly.



CAUSE
An incorrect or corrupt version of Comcat.dll is on the Windows NT 4.0 system. Usually, this happens when Comcat.dll is incorrectly updated to a 5.0 version of the file.

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

201364 Mismatched Ole32.dll and Comcat.dll



RESOLUTION
Use the following steps to restore the 4.71 version of Comcat.dll:  Close all running applications. On the Start menu, click Run. Type CMD, and then press ENTER.  When the command prompt appears, navigate to the System directory where Comcat.dll resides. For example, the following command will navigate to the C:\Winnt\System32 directory: cd C:\Winnt\System32   Next use the rename command as follows: rename Comcat.dll Comcat.bak  Close the command prompt window.</li> Restart the computer.</li> Download and install VBRun60sp5.exe to place the 4.71.1460.1 version of Comcat.dll on the system. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290887 VBRun60sp6.exe installs Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 run-time files

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STATUS
This behavior is by design.

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