Re: browser is blocking ActiveX controls in MS Press eBook

From: Ricky (rsjoiner_at_no_spambellsouth.net)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:12:12 -0600

Try going to internet options..advanced tab..scroll down to security and
check 'Allow active content to run in My Computer'.

"Paul James" <pponzelliREMOVE@ANTISPAMsurewest.net> wrote in message
news:1123vketk8tlt69@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm using ie6 and I'm trying to run one of Microsoft Press' eBooks which
> contains ActiveX controls. Those controls are compressed images of screen
> shots in the application windows. When you click on these compressed
> images, a browser window should pop up with a full size image.
>
> However, when I click on the compressed image, IE6 only opens a blank
> window, with a message in the title bar saying that IE has "restricted
> this file from showing active content that could access your computer."
>
> When I click on that message and select "Allow blocked content," the only
> thing that happens is that the text "Loading ..." appears in the center of
> the empty browser window, and remains there indefinitely. I've waited up
> to half an hour and the window never loaded - it just remained blank and
> the text "Loading . . . " remains on the screen.
>
> In an effort to solve this problem, I temporarily did the following:
>
> - selected Tools - Pop-up Blocker - Turn off Pop-up Blocker
> - set the security of the Local Intranet zone in my browser to Low
> - turned off the popup blocker in my Google toolbar,
> - disabled Norton Internet Security
> - disabled Norton Anti-Virus AutoProtect,
>
> but to no avail.
>
> Since I'm trying to run an eBook from Microsoft Press that I've loaded
> into my C drive, I've got to believe there's a way to get the browser to
> allow these controls to function as intended.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I can do to view the full size images of these
> screen captures?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
>

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