KB198940 - Cannot Print Selected Area After Installing Frame Spoof Patch

PSS ID Number: 198940

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2003

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows 95 SP 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95
the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98

This article was previously published under Q198940

SYMPTOMS

After you apply the Internet Explorer Frame Spoof patch, you may experience any of the following symptoms:

You may be unable to print a selected area of a Web page using the Selection option in the Print dialog box in Internet Explorer. When you try to print a selected area, the entire Web page is printed.
You may be unable to copy and paste a selected area of a Web page to some programs (for example, Microsoft Excel).

RESOLUTION

CAUTION: If you use the following workaround to resolve the issues described in this article, you effectively deactivate the Internet Explorer Frame Spoof patch. Do not use this workaround if you want the additional security provided by the Frame Spoof patch.

To work around this issue, extract a new copy of the Mshtml.dll file from your original Windows 98 or Internet Explorer 4 media to the Windows\System folder.

For information about extracting files, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the Frame Spoof security patch, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Update Available for "Frame Spoof" Security Issue

Keywords: kbprb kbprint KB198940
Technology: kbIE400Win95 kbIE400WinNT400 kbIE401Win95 kbIE401WinNT400 kbIE401WinNT400SP1 kbIE95Search kbIENT400Search kbIEsearch kbOSWin98 kbOSWinSearch