Re: WMI ActiveX

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From: Gerry Hickman (gerry666uk_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:14:15 +0100

Hi Andrew,

> The idea is that the control would be loaded/downloaded and registered via a
> web page and, it is most likely to be based on a command button.

OK but I can instantly see problems with this:

1. Users these days are trained to always answer "No" when it say "Do
you want to install a dumb ActiveX control from dodgy company XYZ".

2. On networks, many administrators will disallow this kind of thing.

3. XP SP2 may have tightened this up - I don't know.

4. You'd need a certificate from a certification authority.

> So the
> user would click the button which would in turn run the code behind it
> gathering the necessary info

OK, but you still haven't explained how this code would work even on
your own local computer (*) logged in as an Administrator, let alone on
someone else's who is logged in as a user?

> and posting it back perhaps in a form.

Using what protocol? Do you mean email, or some kind of http PUT operation?

> With
> that setup why would any user need to be running as an admin?

See the (*) above, there is your answer; if you can answer this bit
you're ready to move on to the next bit. 

-- 
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

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