Collect signatures workflow - Signatures can't be added or removed because this document was opened read-only

Hi, I have configured a "Collect Signatures" workflow for test Word document(.docx), then uploaded it to sample SP 2010 doc library  (content type "Document").  This Word document has 2 empty Signature Lines in it.
After that i'm starting the Collect Signatures workflow on it , which is assigned to me and other user from my Active Directory. 
Workflow is started and after that i'm receiving mail about assigned task which also contains link to document.
When i click on link it opens IE which contains SP library file path, after a while doc is opened in Word client in Read-only mode. When i want to sign the document info window pops up : "Signatures can't be added or removed because this document was opened
read-only" and i'm not able to compete task/sign doc from Word.
It is possible to sign the document when i go to SP library and opens this file directly from there (file drop-down menu-> open in MS Word).
I saw that this behaviour is similar to this article:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/31ba43ec-b04e-428d-9a66-0cc571934197/collect-signatures-workflow-using-firefox-not-showing-workflow-task-this-document-requires-your?forum=sharepointgeneralprevious
but i'm using IE so it shouldn't be Active X issue.
I have also checked this MS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661910
but changing CA settings to Permissive didn't help
Any ideas ?

Hi bezcisnien,
I could not reproduce this issue.
When you open this file directly by clicking the document Name link from SharePoint library, is there a
yellow message bar in Word document?
Did this happen to all users on all PCs?
Have you checked if it is a client side issue, test with different IE 8/9/10 versions for this issue (and IE compatibility mode, add-ons, trusted site zone etc)?
Thanks,
Daniel Yang
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