This application is about to initialize ActiveX controls

[Matt]

I also have three users who recently began getting the message: This
application is about to initialize ActiveX controls that might be unsafe. If
you trust the source of this file, select OK and the controls will be
initialized using your current workspace settings.
It seems to not matter if Word or another application is being opened. I
found a KB article with information on this. Has anyone looked into this to
see if it works?

 

[Matt]

After reading the KB article,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827742/en-us, I had to edit the registry
with the following:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\Common\Security
When I went to this key I had to add a new one and label it Security as it
was not there. Once I added the Security key, I then had to add the DWORD:
UFIControls and set the value to 1.

Second step, go to the following key:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VBA\Security
Again I had to add a new Key under VBA as it was not there. I then added
the DWORD: LoadControlsInForms and set the value to 1.