Useful Utilities Free Express ClickYes | Express ClickYes |
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| Sunday, 27 June 2004 | |
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Many people recently installed Office XP Service Pack 3 from Microsoft. The service pack fixed many problems including some security issues. The update introduced compatibility problems for many 3rd party utilities. It also created problems for people who use Microsoft Word as their email editor in Outlook or use mail merge.
Specifically, when one of these programs tries to access Outlook's address book, a security guard feature appears. This feature's purpose is to protect you from malicious code that can access your address book. An example might be an email virus. Some programs, which worked with Outlook, are now required to specify how long the program can access the address book. This problem will remain until developers update their code to handle the new security. Some companies have already issued patches.  Click to enlarge In the meantime, we spotted a workaround on the SlipStick Systems web site called Express ClickYes. However, we should stress that this program will click Yes on the security dialog regardless of which program is accessing Outlook. For example, while it is acceptable in my case to click yes for Palm's HotSync, I wouldn't want an email virus to access my address book. If you use a good anti-virus program than this issue is minimized. The program is easy to install and use. It quietly sits in your task bar until needed. When Outlook displays the security dialog, Express ClickYes automatically clicks the Yes button. The program offers some simple security of its own. For example, if you lock your computer, the program will not work. In addition, you can suspend or resume the program by right-clicking its icon in the task bar. We've been using the program and are pleased with the results. Although we hope software manufacturers will update their programs to make up for this nuisance, we're thankful we found a solution. Cost: Free
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