Why this message? "Click to run an ActiveX control on this webpage

[Guest]

About 12 April Windows installed some updates automatically when I switched
off the PC. Since then a dialog box appears with the message "Click to run an
ActiveX control on this webpage" every time I visit the web site
'www.EleganceStyle.com'. This site plays music in a frame. It is this which
is causing the message to appear. Why has this problem suddenly occurred, and
how can I stop it, please? The Advanced Internet Option "Allow active content
to run in files on My Computer" has always been set, and still is.

 

[oops!!]

That is caused by a recent MS update to IE:

KB912812
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912812

And can be reverted (undone) by this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...1b-4fb5-492e-903e-3400abf1d731&DisplayLang=en

Zee

 

[Guest]

OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE
BEEN GOING CRAZY TRYING TO STOP THAT ACTIVE X BOX FROM POPPING UP AND CLOSING
DOWN MY WEBSITE. THE PATCH SURE WORKED

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

cyberdanson:

OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS I HAVE
BEEN GOING CRAZY TRYING TO STOP THAT ACTIVE X BOX FROM POPPING UP AND CLOSING
DOWN MY WEBSITE. THE PATCH SURE WORKED

Hate to ruin your day, but it will only work for a short while :-(
Webmasters need to update the code on their websites to the new stuff

 

[Guest]

Oh drats, Lars, what do we do when that happens???(

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

cyberdanson:

Oh drats, Lars, what do we do when that happens???(

You just have to click on active content to activate before using :-(
That's the way it is (unless the webmasters fix their pages that is)

Or, you can use another non-affected browser (like Opera and Firefox)