Re: How to get rid of ie6 ACTIVEX popup?!

From: Tony Mah (tonymah_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 03:05:36 GMT

So I get it now. ActiveX is the main transportation device for ads and
security hole becuase you really can't turn it off. MS penalizes anyone that
turns it off with a popup.

Tony
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "Vanguard" <see_signature> wrote in message
> news:uqpOzmd9EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl
> > "Tony Mah" <tonymah@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > news:irWDd.18290$6l.225@pd7tw2no...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I want to totally disable ActiveX
> >> Every ActiveX website I go to give me a MS ie6 system popup which
> >> requires
> >> me to click okay.
> >> "Your security settings prohibit running ActiveX controlson this
> >> page. As a
> >> result, the page maynot display correctly."
> >
> >
> > Sounds like the popup is from the web site you are visiting. If you
> > disable AX in Internet security zone and configure it to prompt you,
> > well, then you don't get prompted - by IE, that is. If you believe
> > the site should remain uninformative regarding its requirement that
> > their AX control be downloaded and installed so their web site will
> > display correctly (because you believe every user visiting that page
> > will divine that information when the page doesn't appear fully
> > functional), then you go right ahead and send a nastygram to the
> > author of that site. You think they'll really care about one person
> > complaining about their alert popup rather than to inform their
> > visitors of the behavioral deficiency if AX is disabled? Is there a
> > reason you don't want to use a popup blocker to avoid these
> > "informational" popups from whatever are those, um, "special" web
> > sites you visit?
>
> No, that message is from IE. Tony will have to change his security
settings
> to allow ActiveX.
>
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