Want toolbar w/buttons to toggle javascript and ActiveX controls

[Fishface]

I got stuck at another one of those pages whose javascript
uses "location =" instead of "location replace." To get back
to my Google search, I had to:

Click the "Tools" menu, click "Internet Options...," click the
"Security" tab, click the "Custom Level" button, click six
times on the scrollbar, click the "Disable" radio button, click
OK twice, hit the back button twice, and repeat the whole
first part again.

Very annoying. A toolbar button would be nice, or a key to
hold down while hitting the back button that would disable JS,
or a tray icon. Gotta be something out there...

Also, I keep ActiveX controls set to "Prompt." That's a lot
of extra clicking, and you really have no idea what ActiveX
control wants to run. If you're exploring one site for a while,
it would be nice to have an easy way to toggle from prompt
to enable to disable.

Any suggestions are most appreciated! I think there's a
Mozilla with a toolbar button, but I was hoping to use IE6.
Those Mozilla guys don't hang around here, right?

 

[Charlie Tame]

I have never yet had a problem with having signed ActiveX enabled (which
saves at least on set of those annoying error messages) - I have unsigned
and not marked as safe both set to disable so they do not download or run.

As an alternative how about using the "Zones"... could you achieve anything
with a button to choose between running in restricted and running in
trusted?

The last link of the 3 has such a util and it works very reliably, although
please be careful to read the info. I figured you might be interested in the
other two but give Eric's util a try and maybe that will work for you.

More Secure ActiveX Settings
http://www.tames.net/security/activexsettings.htm

A Java Machine Problem
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html#byteverify

Even better browser security
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource6.htm

Charlie

 

[Fishface]

Thanks for the links. I think I might try putting some links to
..vbs scripts (that use Sendkeys) on the ""Links" menu...

 

[Charlie Tame]

There used to be some info about doing this on the MS site somewhere, try
searching for "Powertoys" and see if that turns anything up...

Charlie

 

[Fishface]

There used to be some info about doing this on the MS site
somewhere, try searching for "Powertoys" and see if that
turns anything up...

This place is great...
http://www.jsiinc.com/subf/tip2500/rh2531.htm