The caption texts of ActiveX components in Excel 2003 are distorted after you use a third-party Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution to span across multiple monitors

You use a third-party Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution that is not based on Remote Desktop Protocol to span across multiple monitors. For example, you use HP Remote Graphics Software. After you do this, the caption texts of ActiveX components in Microsoft Office Excel 2003 are distorted.

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To resolve this problem, follow these steps:

1. Apply the following hotfix:
   976938 Description of the Excel 2003 hotfix package: October 29, 2009
2. Enable the hotfix by setting the
   RDPUsePrinterMF
   registry entry and the
   HPRemote
   registry entry. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK .
   2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options
   3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
   4. Type RDPUsePrinterMF, and then press ENTER.
   5. Right-click RDPUsePrinterMF, and then click Modify.
   6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
   7. Repeat steps b through f for the
      HPRemote
      registry entry.
   8. Exit Registry Editor.