Re: RWW and ActiveX controls on Win XP

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From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_hotmail.com_no_spam)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:31:23 -0500

Is this any help?

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=007301c36f72%243e41a430%24a001280a%40phx.gbl&rnum=20&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dcannot%2Bdownload%2Bactive%2Bx%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26start%3D10%26sa%3DN

<SNIP>
...go to Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options. Select the Security
tab. You will see four zones. On the first one
  Internet click on Custom Level and where it says Download signed ActiveX
controls. click on Enable. Ok and Yes.
<END SNIP> 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Karl Middleton" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:#$B2kgsCEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Nope, just standard out of the box SBS2k3 standard and XP SP1a
>
>
> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
> wrote in message news:#iPnVujCEHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Um.. Karl?  Running sp2 beta on there by any chance?
> >
> > Karl Middleton wrote:
> > > Hello NG,
> > >
> > > Have set up SBS2k3 Standard with RWW enabled. Logged on over Internet
> using
> > > a browser and successfully authenticated. However, when I attempt to
run
> > > "Connect to my computer at work" IE6 on XP gives an error saying my
> security
> > > settings may be preventing me from downloading the ActiveX controls
for
> > > remote desktop.
> > >
> > > So I went into Tools Security and added the SBS2k3 site to the trusted
> sites
> > > and enabled ALL activeX controls. Still getting the error message.
> > >
> > > Oddly enough if I use IE6 on an Windows 98 machine, no such error
> appears.
> > >
> > > How do I fix this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Karl from Oz
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm
> >
>
>

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