My IE 6 / Windows 2000 security is broken (repost w/ more info:)

[Jerry McEwen]

This is a repost from Nov. 8th and I'm sorry for my impatience, but
this is really hurting me workwise.

On Frank's advice, I went to "How to Reinstall or Repair Internet
Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378, followed the instructions
and nothing has changed.

If I go to a site and add a filename or /folder name that
doesn't exist, I get this error message:

"Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on
this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."

This happens on both www sites and locally as I test websites.

I use Apache 1.3.29, not IIS, and ApacheÕs default 404 page contains
no ActiveX. A valid address such as http://localhost/Salon/ comes up
just fine (with a directory listing, I have no default page set in
httpd.conf), but if I add some garbage to the end, such as
http://localhost/Salon/bogus, I get the ActiveX error message.

I am on Win2000 Pro with all current updates. IE is 6.0.2800.1106 and
security is set to default (medium). Security settings on default
(medium) have always allowed ActiveX in the past. I started with
medium/default and then changed every setting that was not "allow" to
"prompt." I even ran my security down to low and I still get the error
message.

Before you tell me how bad IE is, Firefox is my default browser and
Eudora is my default email app, but I still need for IE to work
correctly.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

This is a repost from Nov. 8th and I'm sorry for my impatience, but
this is really hurting me workwise.

On Frank's advice, I went to "How to Reinstall or Repair Internet
Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP" at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378, followed the instructions
and nothing has changed.

I think you are getting your posts mixed up.
Frank's advice was given to another user and you asked if it could
apply to Windows 2000.

I replied to your original post, requesting an example link
but that reply has not been acknowledged yet.

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=W...&num=20&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&scoring=d&filter=0

(Google Groups search for
Win2000 security author:mcewen group:microsoft.*.ie6.browser
- sorted by date
- all results included
)


If you wish to reply to my first reply please return to your original thread.


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Jerry McEwen]

I think you are getting your posts mixed up.
Frank's advice was given to another user and you asked if it could
apply to Windows 2000.

Thanks, but how would that be getting posts mixed up? That thread was
about reinstalling IE.

I replied to your original post, requesting an example link
but that reply has not been acknowledged yet.

I overlooked it somehow, just replied. Thanks for commenting!