Check Excel RTD servers

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\com categories

Value name: checkexcelcreatertd

Enabled: checkexcelcreatertd = 1

Disabled: checkexcelcreatertd = 0

Description

This policy setting determines whether Office checks that a RealTimeData (RTD) is properly categorized before loading it. If you enable this policy setting Office only loads properly categorized RTD servers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Office does not check that an RTD server is properly categorized before loading it.