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ActiveX security errors on IE 5.5!

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by tomsal

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Ok enough is enough this is driving me insane! I need serious help here. I use Win NT 4.0 workstation (I'm at work), with IE 5.5 as my browser. Using Frontpage 2000 I am developing a training site for my company. I'm using (or should say trying to use) a nav bar created with Macromedia Flash. Whenever I save my work and then preview it in IE 5.5 it gives me some error saying "This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX control. Your current security settings prohibit runningcontrols in this manner. As a result this page may not display properly."

The kicker is two fold: (1) I tried this page at home on my Win 98 IE 5.5 machine with Frontpage 2000 and it works without a hitch at all. (2) I've even gone as far as going into IE security settings and put it on low security for all zones and it still says "My current security settings prohibit this..." how much lower could I possibly set my IE security? This is so beyond annoying I can't express it here. Its stopping my work and altering my design ideas for this project. I've installed the latest service patches for IE and Frontpage 2000 has the SR-1 patch installed. It still says this! What's the deal?

Your help is much appreciated!

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by curacao_dejavu

Here's the short version.
I had once a more detailed once, will try to search for it.

This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX control. Your current security settings prohibit running controls in this manner. As a result, this page may not display correctly
This error message is not displayed, however, if you right-click the Active Desktop, point to Active Desktop, and then click View as Web Page to remove the check mark.

CAUSE
This issue can occur if the Comcat.dll file is damaged or is the wrong version number.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, unregister the Comcat.dll file by using the Regsvr32.exe utility with the /u switch as in the following example:

regsvr32 /u C:\winnt\system32\comcat.dll
and rename the Comcat.dll file in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder.

After you unregister the Comcat.dll file, reinstall Internet Explorer.

For information about how to rename a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type renaming, and then double-click the "Renaming files" topic.

If you remove Internet Explorer before you reinstall it, be sure to rename the Comcat.dll file after removing Internet Explorer.

regards,

Leopold

by tomsal

Thank you for your help, it worked like a charm, now all my flash code displays like it should.

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