No longer able to insert ActiveX controls or use existing ActiveX controls in Word documents

Using Word 2010 32bit on Windows 7.1 64bit OS.
I have a document with several ActiveX controls that I use as a template to generate new documents. This morning I installed the monthly roll-out of Windows/MS Office updates and then rebooted. After rebooting, when I opened my Word document,
I could not use the controls.
As far as I can tell, the controls are not disabled in security but are actually not recognized. If I go into Developer Mode and open the Properties from the context menu on one of the ActiveX controls, the Properties dialog opens but shows properties
for the main document and not for the control. If I try to drop a new ActiveX control in a blank document, I get the following message from Microsoft Word: "The program used to create this object is Forms. That program is either not installed
on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Forms or ensure that any dialog boxes in Forms are closed." I have not been able to find any information on a program called "Forms". Is this some component
of Word that has been corrupted?
I don't think there is any problem with the actual document because I can still open and use it on another machine running Word 2010 (where the latest updates have not been installed).

Among the monthly updates for March 2015 is a series of updates that should correct the problem. Use Windows Update to get them.
The relevant updates are:
Word 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2956109
Excel 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2956103
PowerPoint 2007: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2899580
Word 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2956139
Excel 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2956142
PowerPoint 2010: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2920812
Office 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2920754
Word 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/2956163
PowerPoint 2013: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2965206
Regards, Hans Vogelaar (http://www.eileenslounge.com)

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