Re: Can't Download PDF Files (Ocget.dll error)

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From: PA Bear (PABearMVP_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:20:54 -0500

Copy/paste the following line into an IE Addressbar, click on GO, then
copy/paste the results into your reply:

    javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion

In what Security zone are you running the IE page for the PDF file, Bryan? 

-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
Bryan K wrote:
> I?Tm running 98SE, Internet Explorer 6.0, and have Acrobat Reader 6.0
> installed.  When trying to download a PDF file from the internet, I get an
> error message that reads:
>
> Security Warning
>
> Do you want to install and run
> http://activex.microsoft.com/objects/ocget.dll?
>
> The publisher cannot be determined due to the problems below:
>
> The object to be verified is unknown to the Trust Provider.
>
> Yes.   No.
>
> When I answer Yes, I end up with a little red X in the upper left hand
> corner of a blank web page, and nothing else happens.  This happens with
> PDF
> files from every web site I?Tve tried, including big ones like Dell.
> I?Tve searched the Microsoft knowledge base for help, and only found
> Article ID 262380, entitled ?oActiveX Control Is Not Loaded with
> Modified CODEBASE Value
> in the Registry?.  There was only one recommended ?oFix?, which
> didn?Tt solve the problem.  In fact, the Registry value in my system was
> the same as the
> article tells you to change it to.  I copied and pasted the text from the
> article anyway, just to make sure, but it didn?Tt help fix the problem.
> By searching Google I found Microsoft KB article 323207, entitled PRB:
> Internet Explorer Makes Unnecessary POST Request to Ocget.dll for .cab
> Files.  Based
> on it?Ts recommendation I deleted the CodeBaseSearchPath data value
> under the registry key
> (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings).  This prevented the error message from coming up, but I still
> got
> the red X and blank page just as before.  I?Tve also checked the security
> settings in IE6, and nothing is set to ?odisable?.
>
> Any recommendations you can give me to fix this problem would be much
> appreciated.

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