ActiveX

btmac · 01-14-2005, 06:19 PM

I've been having progressively more problems displaying web pages. On many pages I get the familiar boxed red X where photos or graphics are displayed, and many sites simply will not display at all. I am completely unable to display pdf pages, although the HTML versions do. The error message reads: "Your current security settings prohibit the running of ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may not display correctly."

I have tried disabling all ActiveX controls in Internet Options. I've also turned off firewalls, anti-virus, web filters, etc. None of these changes has the slightest effect on the problem. Anyone out there that can save my sanity?

IE 6 Wndows XP

greyknight17 · 01-15-2005, 11:34 AM

Open Internet Explorer, click on Tools, click on Internet Options, click on the Security tab, click on the Custom Level button (near the bottom). Scroll down a bit to ActiveX controls and plug-ins; here you will have several options. Keep in mind that if you Enable all the options, you are leaving your system open to unwanted intrusions.

Change these:
Download signed ActiveX controls -- Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls -- Disable
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe -- Disable
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins -- Enable
Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting -- Enable

btmac · 01-15-2005, 10:31 PM

Those settings are the default for the "medium" level security setting, and were exactly as you suggest when the problem began, and that's where they are now. But as I pointed out, the problem remains uneffected even when all ActiveX settings are disabled or, for that matter, when they're all enabled.

I've expanded the experiment and downloaded both Firefox and Netscape... and guess what. I have exactly the same problem with both of them. Deduction would have it that the problem is not with my browser at all. If not there, then where?

Romin_1 · 01-16-2005, 01:14 AM

Your active X might be a bit under the weather so go here http://www.pcpitstop.com/ and on the left click on Check My Active x.

If it's bad they should tell you where to download it.

HTH,

Jon

btmac · 01-16-2005, 09:54 PM

Strike two! I pass the pcpitstop ActiveX test with flying colors. Possibly the key here is that NO pdfs will load. Two months ago I never had this problem; now it happens every single time. Why should this happen even though pdf docs seldom have content that utilizes ActiveX?

Romin_1 · 01-20-2005, 04:44 AM

:3-ponder: Welll, my next suggestion is to shut down System Restore, uninstall Adobe Reader and then reinstall it. That's the only prog that handles pdf files I know of. You can turn Sys Res after you are done.

HTH,
Jon

**Horse** · 01-20-2005, 05:52 AM

You may also consider ensuring you have the most up to date version of Adobe. Depending on when the documents in question were created, they can be sensitive to different versions of the program i.e new documents can not be read by older versions.

01-14-2005, 06:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
btmac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	ActiveX I've been having progressively more problems displaying web pages. On many pages I get the familiar boxed red X where photos or graphics are displayed, and many sites simply will not display at all. I am completely unable to display pdf pages, although the HTML versions do. The error message reads: "Your current security settings prohibit the running of ActiveX controls on this page. As a result the page may not display correctly." I have tried disabling all ActiveX controls in Internet Options. I've also turned off firewalls, anti-virus, web filters, etc. None of these changes has the slightest effect on the problem. Anyone out there that can save my sanity? IE 6 Wndows XP

01-15-2005, 11:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
greyknight17 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New York Posts: 14,331 OS: Windows 98 & Windows XP Home/Pro My System	Open Internet Explorer, click on Tools, click on Internet Options, click on the Security tab, click on the Custom Level button (near the bottom). Scroll down a bit to ActiveX controls and plug-ins; here you will have several options. Keep in mind that if you Enable all the options, you are leaving your system open to unwanted intrusions. Change these: Download signed ActiveX controls -- Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls -- Disable Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe -- Disable Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins -- Enable Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting -- Enable __________________ Please do NOT PM me. Post whatever questions you may have in the forum and we will take a look at it when we get to it. If you have waited for more than 3 days, you may then and ONLY then PM me for assistance. I will take a look at it. Adaware :: CWShredder :: HijackThis :: Panda ActiveScan :: Spybot S&D Anti-Spyware Tutorial :: Spyware Prevention Tools

01-16-2005, 01:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Romin_1 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn,NY Posts: 54 OS: Home Brew, XP Home,SP2	Your active X might be a bit under the weather so go here http://www.pcpitstop.com/ and on the left click on Check My Active x. If it's bad they should tell you where to download it. HTH, Jon __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

01-20-2005, 04:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
Romin_1 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Brooklyn,NY Posts: 54 OS: Home Brew, XP Home,SP2	:3-ponder: Welll, my next suggestion is to shut down System Restore, uninstall Adobe Reader and then reinstall it. That's the only prog that handles pdf files I know of. You can turn Sys Res after you are done. HTH, Jon __________________ "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

01-20-2005, 05:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
Horse General Manager (Administrator) Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Durban South Africa Posts: 4,297 OS: WIN XP PRO My System Blog Entries: 1	You may also consider ensuring you have the most up to date version of Adobe. Depending on when the documents in question were created, they can be sensitive to different versions of the program i.e new documents can not be read by older versions. __________________ Know where you're going in life. You may already be there

01-15-2005, 10:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
btmac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Those settings are the default for the "medium" level security setting, and were exactly as you suggest when the problem began, and that's where they are now. But as I pointed out, the problem remains uneffected even when all ActiveX settings are disabled or, for that matter, when they're all enabled. I've expanded the experiment and downloaded both Firefox and Netscape... and guess what. I have exactly the same problem with both of them. Deduction would have it that the problem is not with my browser at all. If not there, then where?

01-16-2005, 09:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
btmac Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Strike two! I pass the pcpitstop ActiveX test with flying colors. Possibly the key here is that NO pdfs will load. Two months ago I never had this problem; now it happens every single time. Why should this happen even though pdf docs seldom have content that utilizes ActiveX?