I'm having the stupidest problem with Excel 2000 and it's making me crazy. Every fresh install I do of Office 2000 results in Excel being unable to properly use ActiveX controls. If someone ...

Overnight, Microsoft pulled two high-profile screwed-up patches: KB 3011970 and KB 3004394. Another patch, KB 2553154, is killing some Excel 2010 and 2013 macros, saying the ActiveX control “has ...

The bug is in the ActiveX control that displays Excel spreadsheets within IE, Microsoft said. The timing of the disclosure was particularly awkward for Microsoft.

Hey peeps. I've got an issue with Excel 2003 where a user will open Excel (be it an existing workbook or a blank workbook) and it will prompt him to enable ActiveX controls. I've disabled all add ...

This change affects the Win32 desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio," Microsoft writes there. ... Default Setting for ActiveX Controls have changed.

At times, you might not want to prevent macros, ActiveX control, data connections, etc., from running in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation. If so, you can disable or ...