Recent content by sierrahiker

While you're at it, please put in a good word for me with Steve! :) I hid the bad update in Windows Update so it doesn't get automatically selected when the next fixes get pushed out, and as you suggested, will keep a record of this KB update number. Thanks for the link to the bug reporting...

The problem did not result from an Office update. Before I started uninstalling the security-related updates, I installed Open Office Calc on my computer and replicated the problem, which indicates that the problem originated outside MS Office. After I uninstalled KB2778930, both Excel and...

Found it! The culprit is Security Update for Windows 7, KB2778930, Security Bulletin MS13-005.

Thanks for the suggestions, but neither of them corrected the problem. Since the spreadsheet was able to connect to the DDE server application before the Windows updates were installed, but not after the installation, and no changes were made to the spreadsheet or the server application, logic...

After I installed the Windows 7 updates of 1/9/2013, DDE connectivity has been lost. I have an Excel 2010 spreadsheet with DDE connections to another running application; those DDE connections have worked for years prior to the most recent Windows updates. Screen shots of error messages are...

I am having a problem with an eSATA hard drive that causes Windows to freeze if the drive is plugged in at powerup. I started Windows in safe mode, and saw that the last driver loaded before freeze is C:\Windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys. However, when I view this folder in Windows Explorer...