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Information sources for impact of Microsoft Update KB912945 or KB912812 to Lotus software products

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Question
Applying Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX update KB912945 or MS06-013 Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer KB912812, for Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, changes the behavior of Java applets or ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer 6. This browser change impacts certain features in Lotus QuickPlace, Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus Sametime, Lotus Domino Document Manager, and Lotus Domino. Internet Explorer users are required to perform an extra click or keystroke to use certain Java applets and ActiveX controls on Web pages.
 
Answer
For information about the impact of Microsoft update KB912945 or KB912812 to Lotus software products, refer to the following technotes:
ProductTechnote
Lotus DominoInternet Explorer update KB912945 requires extra user actions in Domino applications (1234162)
Lotus Domino Web AccessAfter applying Microsoft update KB912945 or KB912812, certain DWA actions require extra click: 'Click to activate and use this control' (1232216)
Lotus QuickPlaceQuickPlace: Internet Explorer software update KB912945 or KB912812 disables ActiveX Controls by default (1233215)
Lotus SametimeInternet Explorer update KB912945 requires extra user actions in Sametime Meeting Room Client and Java Connect (1234161)
Lotus Domino Document ManagerDomino Document Manager: Internet Explorer update KB912945 or KB912812 affects Help and Who Is Online Java applets (1235569)

Additional information
Microsoft describes Internet Explorer update KB912945 in the following article:


The update changes Internet Explorer behavior to require extra end user actions to use certain Java applets and ActiveX controls in Web pages. If these applets and controls are loaded directly in the page, user actions in them do not work until they are "activated" by an extra click or keystroke. The message to do that is temporary hover text which may be overlooked or not understood by the end user.

The change affects a number of widely used products, including various IBM Lotus products, that surface content through Internet Explorer. The common symptom is to see messages "Click to activate and use this control" or "Press SPACEBAR or ENTER to activate and use this control" when the cursor is moved into the area of the Web page managed by the affected applets and controls.

Microsoft has included update KB912945 in a recommended security update on April 11th, 2006. referenced as KB912812. Users may install it without realizing they have changed the behavior of their applications. Refer to "MS06-013: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer" (KB912812) at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912812

Update KB912945 is a non-security update for Windows, and Microsoft has also released a patch that restores previous Internet Explorer behavior until the next cumulative security update in June, 2006. Refer to "Internet Explorer ActiveX compatibility patch for Mshtml.dll" at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917425

For the most current schedule details, refer to Microsoft Security Advisory 912945:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912945.mspx

The following options are available to avoid the impact on IBM Lotus products from Microsoft Internet Explorer Update KB912945 or KB912812:

  • Remove update KB912945, using the "Add/Remove Programs" option in the Windows Control Panel, remembering to check the "Show updates" box.
  • Prevent application of optional update KB912945, if you have control over desktop software installations.
  • After application of the April cumulative security update MS06-013 (KB912812), apply the Microsoft Compatibility Patch for Mshtml.dll to Internet Explorer (KB917425).
  • Research and modify your own applications that may also be affected by the change to Internet Explorer. Details on how to rewrite your HTML to load the control or applet to be initially active are in the following Microsoft document:
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
  • Use another supported Web browser to access the affected Web pages, thereby avoiding the changes to ActiveX controls.
 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Messaging ApplicationsLotus Domino Web AccessWeb Conferences/Meetings
Organizational Productivity- Portals & CollaborationLotus SametimeLotus QuickPlace
Organizational Productivity- Portals & CollaborationLotus QuickPlaceLotus Domino Document Manager
Data & Information ManagementLotus Domino Document ManagerLotus Domino Document Manager
 
 

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Document information

Product categories:

Software

Enterprise Content Management

Content Management

Lotus Domino Document Manager

Lotus Domino Document Manager


Operating system(s):

Windows


Software version:

6.5, 7.0


Reference #:

1234374


IBM Group:

Software Group


Modified date:

2009-09-14

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