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SPS Administrator's Guide blocked by HTML Help security update

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You may find that the downloaded compiled help file (.chm) version of the SharePoint Portal Server Administrator’s Guide (found here on microsoft.com) will no longer open correctly after applying the latest batch of Windows XP security updates released last week on 14th June (https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-026.mspx). This isn’t specific to the SPS admin guide, but potentially any downloaded .chm file (although the WSS admin guide seemed to work fine).

The solution is to right-click the .chm file, click Properties, and click “unblock”. The guide will then open correctly. See this support article for more details: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/902225

Might save a few minutes of head-scratching :-)

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  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2005
    Hi Jeff,

    I feel your pain - and it's definitely worth letting it out (how else will it get fixed? :-)

    I'm not an expert on HTML Help, so I can't offer much support on this issue (other than moral support of course) - I'd recommend posting your questions over on the IE Blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/ie. Previous security updates to HTML Help have been discussed on this blog.

    In particular check out this post from Jeremy Dallman: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/06/14/429082.aspx

    Jeremy is the project manager for Internet Explorer security bulletins, and so may be able to help further, or at least direct you to the right people.
  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2005
    Thanks! I was wondering what was up. I copied my chm files down to the local machine to see if that would work but that didn't help either. Glad there's a solution.