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This note contains links (URLs) to technical support documents (technotes) 
related to Microsoft changes to the Internet Explorer browser, which 
affects IBM Lotus products relying on ActiveX controls. You are receiving 
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Internet Explorer update affects IBM Lotus software products
This note is to alert you to changes in product behavior you may 
experience with IBM Lotus software after applying Microsoft Internet 
Explorer Update KB912945
Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945/en-us 
The update, currently optional, will change 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 don't 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 very 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. Details of the impact are contained in the 
following technotes for Domino, Domino Web Access, Quickplace and 
Sametime, respectively.

Title: Internet Explorer update KB912945 requires extra user actions in 
Domino applications
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21234162

Title: After applying Microsoft patch KB912945, certain DWA actions 
require extra click: 'Click to enable and use this control'
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21232216

Title: QuickPlace: Internet Explorer software update KB912945 disables 
ActiveX Controls by default
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21233215

Title: Internet Explorer update KB912945 requires extra user actions in 
Sametime Meeting Room Client and Java Connect
Link: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21234161 
As referenced in the first technote above, IBM Lotus Domino will make a 
change in Domino 6.5.5 FP1 and Domino 7.0.1 FP1 to avoid the issues caused 
by the new Internet Explorer update for most Domino customer applications. 
See the Domino Technote 1234162 above for details, and use this 
developerWorks site to track the release of these Fix Packs (FP):
Link: http://www.lotus.com/ldd/r5fixlist.nsf/Progress/655%20FP1
While currently optional, Microsoft will include update KB 912945 on April 
11th 2006 in a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. Users may 
install it without realizing they have changed the behavior of their 
applications. Update KB912945 is a non-security update for Windows, and 
Microsoft will also release an optional Compatibility Patch which will 
restore previous Internet Explorer behavior until the next cumulative 
security update in June, 2006. See Microsoft Security Advisory 912945 for 
the most current schedule details:
Link: 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:
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, apply the 
upcoming Microsoft Compatibility Patch to Internet Explorer 
Research and modify your own applications that may also be affected by the 
imminent change to Internet Explorer. Details on how to rewrite your HTML 
to load the control or applet to be initially active are in this 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.


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2. Visit the IBM Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino product support pages at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/notes/support.html [Lotus Notes]
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/domino/support.html [Lotus 
Domino]
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/dwa/support.html [Lotus Domino 
Web Access]
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/quickplace [Lotus Quickplace]
http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/sametime/support.html [Lotus 
Sametime]

3. Determine what problems are fixed in each release by viewing the IBM 
Lotus Fix List databases:
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The IBM Workplace Portal and Collaboration Software team