ActiveX in My Computer Zone

[Guest]

I have a disc based web (no web server) that acts as an electronic manual.
The web consists of all local links - both relative and absolute - running
either on a CD/DVD ROM or on my local hard drives.

I am trying to open a page with an ActiveX container (Autodesk Express
Viewer for DWF files) in the course of my disc based web.

The disc based web is designed exclusively with client side script written
exclusively for MS Internet Explorer and has worked very well in MS W9.x,
W2000 and WXP SP1. Since upgrading to WXP SP2, I now get the annoying
ActiveX block, and I have to click the security bar at the top and the "are
you really sure" message box.

Since I am truly in the My Computer zone, why do I get this alert. Also,
since I am in the My Computer zone, there does not seem to be any way to use
the "Trusted Sites" functions.

Please Help.

 

[Guest]

You can make the My computer zone visible in IE, internet options, security
tab by editing the registry. Click atart, run, type regedit, click OK. In the
left pane click on the +es to navigate to the key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0

left click on that to show its contents in the right pane.

Scroll down to the value Flags, right click on it click modify and change
its data to 47 hexadecimal (check that hexadecimal radio button is selected
in the modify box).

Then you can adjust the options for the My computer zone in IE.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315933

 

[Guest]

I tried the key setting as you suggested. It did not work, "My Computer" did
not show up in the list of zones.

As another test, I went to someone else's pc running WXP and it DID work!
Also, on the other pc, I did not get the Blocking bar when I ran my scripts!

Any suggestions on the problem I am having with my PC? It seems that there
may be some other keys / settings overriding me.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="Allow+Active+Content+To+Run+In+Files+On+My+Computer"


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Guest]

I have both:

"Allow active content to run in files on My Computer"

and

"Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer "

Checked on.

Why doesn't the "My Computer" zone show up in the security settings tab in IE?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

After enabling the "active content" options, is the problem resolved?

Review the "flags" value:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=182569
BTW, why do you need to enable "My Computer" zone in the Security options?


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

 

[Charlie Tame]

Okay mine is on -using W2003

hkcurrentuser\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internetsettings\zones\0

Flags is set to 1
icon set to explorer.exe#0100
currentlevel set to 0

hklocalmachine\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\internetsettings\zones\0

Flags is set to 21 (33 dec)
icon set to explorer.exe#0100
currentlevel set to 0


SO who knows.

Charlie

 

[Guest]

The "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer" checked on fixed
the problem (even though I was running from my CDROM???).

I don't necessarily need the "My Computer" zone to show up now, but I would
like to know why I can get it to work on one system but not the other using
the methods provided. I will take a look at the support doc on the flags;
but for now, I am functional.

Thank you for your help!

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

....

....

As another test, I went to someone else's pc running WXP and it DID work!
Also, on the other pc, I did not get the Blocking bar when I ran my scripts!

Any suggestions on the problem I am having with my PC? It seems that there
may be some other keys / settings overriding me.

There is a global setting which you can use as a temporary toggle
in Options, Advanced tab, Security section:
Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer

(BTW considering that this is intended to be used mainly as a temporary
toggle I consider it a usability defect that this setting is not more visible
and accessible than this.)

If that is unchecked on your system but unchecked on the other system
that might explain the symptoms for each case.


More details here and in the article this links to:

<title>KB883255 - How to configure Internet Explorer automatic download
prompts on your Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer</title>

(The title is slightly misleading IMO since the article's contents
are more general than it implies.)


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com