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  • October 3, 2000 at 12:22 am #2076521

    ActiveX Control Trouble

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    by skyward internet · about 23 years, 6 months ago

    Hello,

    I recently downloaded and installed an MP3 encoder to try. It seems to have put an ActiveX control on my machine that it my security settings do not like. On my desktop (which is set to active desktop) and on many web pages I get a box pops up that tells me that the page provides information to an unsafe ActiveX control, and my current security settings will not permit this. Therefore the page may not display properly. I click OK and then the page never finishes downloading. Any clues how I can seek out the bad ActiveX control and rid myself of it’s grip? I’ve uninstalled the program which placed it on my machine, but the ActiveX control remained.

    Thanks,
    DRH

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    • October 3, 2000 at 8:29 am #3726983

      ActiveX Control Trouble

      by kevin brown · about 23 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to ActiveX Control Trouble

      Go to C:\WINNT\Downloaded Program Files and look at the active-x controls contained within the directory. If you find the control there right click and choose remove.

    • October 3, 2000 at 9:41 am #3726896

      ActiveX Control Trouble

      by paul d. masley · about 23 years, 6 months ago

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      You did not state what OS you were running. In IE, go to “Tools” “Internet Options” “Security” and then go through each of the listed sites, Internet, Intranet, Trusted and Restricted. Reset all to the defaults, then restart your browser so the changes take affect, then attempt to hit the sites that you want. Remember this is only basic security when you set the sites at the defaults. Then rebuild your security settings until you recieve the prompts, then back down. It seems that the Encoder change some of your settings to disable Active-X instead of setting them to enable.

    • October 4, 2000 at 4:23 am #3729443

      ActiveX Control Trouble

      by solf_beta · about 23 years, 6 months ago

      In reply to ActiveX Control Trouble

      I’ve run across a similar problem which caused a user to receive that same error. I was solved by replacing the comcat.dll file in the C:\winnt\system32 directory. This can be done manually by replacing that file or by reinstalling IE. See MS article Q235653.

      Bob Solfanelli, A+, MCSE

    • October 16, 2000 at 2:46 am #3731861

      ActiveX Control Trouble

      by skyward internet · about 23 years, 6 months ago

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