Unable to run ActiveX?

[fedude]

Whenever I surf to certain sites I get a pop-up message
that says: "Your current security settings prohibit
running ActiveX on this page. As a result the page may
not display correctly."

2 Questions:

1) What setting is disallowing me to run these controls?
2) Is there some way to configure my environment to allow
running controls while still disallowing the others?

 

[fedude]

Forgot to mention, I am running windows XP Pro

 

[FL4TJM]

Check the IE Options--Security--Active X Controls and
Plugins settings

 

[Fritz]

Tools / Internet Options / Security ...you can set all the ActiveX control
related settings that are currently "Disabled" to "Prompt" for the Internet
zone. That way you'll get a warning before downloading/installing any
ActiveX content.