Hi Chris S
Hi,
When I open web sites I get a message that Active X cannot run
because of too high security settings.
When I click ok on the message box, to clear it, the web page crashes.
How can I stop this?
Since you did not post necessary information such as the version of Windows
or IE you are using, I can only make a general suggestion. You might try the
following and see if it helps:
Active x Errors and Settings
For best security set Active X settings to:
My settings are for Active X are:
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Disable
Disable
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ActiveX Error Message
http://www.kccsoft.com/etraining/technical.asp#activex
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acxen.htm
ActiveX problems in IE
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers3.htm#activex
See: "Various Registry Fixes."
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
or............
If you have McAfee:
Disable the McAfee ActiveX controls Applet filters in the Internet Filter
window when you select Customize your VShield settings
Follow the information here to check for malware on your system that could
also cause a problem, Start with Ad-aware, Spybot, CWShredder
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
Active X error while running windows update
"Your current security settings prohibit running Active X
controls on this page. As a result pages may not display
correctly."
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/acxen.htm
or
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN;Q319585&LN=EN
Check for bogus files in Active X Controls
Courtesy of Jim Byrd
You can check the following concerning ActiveX components trying to reach
defunct servers. If these particular ones don't show up, check for any
other anomalous entries:
Take a look in %SYSTEMDRIVE%\%SystemRoot%\Downloaded Program Files (these
are ActiveX components), and see if you have something there called Tracker
Class. If so, right click and click Remove (don't just delete it). This is
a hi-jack program that's trying to reach a server that's no longer working,
so it hangs up.
There are some others that are similar in effect also, so if you don't have
Tracker Class, right click on each thing in this folder then select
Properties. The Codebase line will often give you a clue as to where
something came from. If it looks like it might not belong, try Remove.
Things like Sun Java Runtimes and Macromedia stuff like Shockwave or Apple
Quicktime are normal, so use some judgment about what you eliminate.
Mostly you'll be asked to re-download them if you Remove something that's
actually needed.
Also check in Add-Remove Programs for Surfchoice 1.1 and remove it. It is
also tracker software to a defunct server.
Additional important information about removing ActiveX controls is in the
following Microsoft articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q240797
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q154850
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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