PS: The Release Notes for IE7 (admittedly a little dated) include the
following caveat:
<QP>
If Flight Simulator 2004 stops responding after you have installed Internet
Explorer 7, find the oleacc.dll file in the Flight Simulator folder and
rename it to oleacc.old. Then restart Flight Simulator.
</QP>
Source:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/Aa740486.aspx
Don't know what version of FlightSim you're running but thought I'd post the
above anyway.
--
~PA Bear
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Quote:
> Thanks very much for your feedback, André.
> Quote:
>> ...How could I use Windows Update to install
>> that KB944533 while my computer was disconnected from my cable modem?...
>> I
>> thought an Internet connexion was required to do this.
>
> Windows Update in Vista (and Automatic Updates in other Windows versions)
> downloads all updates to a temporary folder prior to installation, no
> matter
> which of the first 3 settings in the following illustration are chosen:
> http://www.microsoft.com/library/med...allupdates.jpg
>
> Since this temporary folder still contained the installation package for
> MS08-010/KB944533, you were able to reinstall it offline.
>
> I should think that the Kaspersky firewall wouldn't interfere with Flight
> Simulator if you tweak its settings properly.
>
> Given other related threads here, I would not recommend attempting to
> disable the firewall in Kaspersky Internet Security in favor of using the
> Windows Firewall unless you can figure out how to completely disable the
> former. If you manage to do it, please let us know how.
>
> A.BORD wrote: Quote:
>> For your info PA Bear, I have disabled recently the Kaspersky Firewall by
>> unchecking it in the Kaspersky configuration and I enabled the Windows
>> Firewall when I thought Kaspersky was interfering in the installation and
>> operation of a Microsoft game (Flight Simulator X). I could install and
>> use
>> that MS game that way, so I assumed the Kaspersky Firewall was the
>> culprit
>> and kept it disabled giving the preference to the Windows Firewall, but
>> now
>> I am not so sure of this assumption...
>>
>> For my KB944533 previous installation attempts, I "paused the protection"
>> of
>> Kaspersky through the rightclicking of its icon near the clock , assuming
>> the entire Kaspersky suite would be disabled. I don't know what this
>> «pause
>> protection» does exactly, but I noticed today in the Kaspersky
>> configuration
>> that only the header «protection» is shown as being disabled, and ALL the
>> remaining functions (File Antivirus, Proactive Defense, etc.) are ticked
>> as
>> being active!
>>
>> After reading other comments about my problem, I got confused about "who
>> is
>> interfering what", so I decided to install KB944533 in this manner:
>> 1- Disconnect my computer from my cable modem.
>> 2- Disactivate individually all functions of Kaspersky in its
>> configuration
>> panel (not by rightclicking its icon and selecting "pause protection").
>> 3- Disable the Windows Firewall (just in case!...)
>> 4- Install KB944533 with Windows Update.
>> 5- Restart my computer.
>> 6- Reactivate Kaspersky Internet Security, including its Firewall (I will
>> keep it enabled with the Windows Firewall disabled for later tests of
>> Microsoft Flt Sim X game).
>> 7- Reconnect my computer to my cable modem.
>>
>> Results: Successful installation with normal access to the Web. I am
>> HAPPY!
>>
>> *** One thing I don't understand: How could I use Windows Update to
>> install
>> that KB944533 while my computer was disconnected from my cable modem?...
>> I
>> thought an Internet connexion was required to do this.
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
>> groupe
>> de discussion : uX8z44OcIHA.3940@xxxxxx... Quote:
>>> I don't get it: Why are all of you* running Kaspersky Internet Security
>>> and disabling (or at least attempting to disable) the Kaspersky Firewall
>>> in favor of Windows Firewall? Why purchase, let alone install, a
>>> "security suite" if you're not going to use its firewall?
>>>
>>> Surely it's not a coincidence that all of you who are using Kaspersky
>>> Internet Security in such a manner are having problems with IE after
>>> installing KB944533 this week.
>>>
>>> * cf.
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ba479fedc49718
>>> and
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9a7b549025897b
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>>
>>>
>>> jimmy3d wrote:
>>>> i too am having this same problem...am running vista home prem with
>>>> Kapersky Int. Suite installed but with it's firewall disabled. the
>>>> problem is only with IE7 as Firefox and email works fine. Am a little
>>>> hesitant to uninstall Kapersky as its a little dicey getting keys re-
>>>> recognized sometimes.