Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page

Reece · 05-21-07, 11:29 PM

Hi, I get this message when clicking on some emails especially from ebay, have tried the following:

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1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. From the top menu, click "Tools > Internet Options".
3. Click the "Security" tab.
4. Click the "Custom level" button.
5. Under "Reset Custom Settings", select "Medium" from the drop-down menu.
6. Click the "Reset" button.
7. When asked to confirm, click "Yes".
8. Click "OK".

also:

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Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT
Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ Zones \ 0
In the right-pane, double-click the value 1200 and set it's value to 0

1200 corresponds to Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins setting

Repeat the same in this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ Zones \ 0
Close Registry Editor and restart Windows. Now, open Help and Support Center. The restrictions message should no longer be displayed. Note that some third-party security programs enable this restriction as a measure to protect the system from attacks.

Neither of these have cured the problem, and the latter was already set to 0.

Am running zone alarm but have never touched the settings, this just started happening!

Any advise welcome.

The Avon Lady · 05-22-07, 03:55 AM

Which email client? Did you look at the email client's option settings, here, too, under the SECURITY tab?

Reece · 05-22-07, 04:58 AM

Hi Mac, OE6, I looked in security tab but don't know what to look for?

Thanks.

The Avon Lady · 05-22-07, 09:46 AM

At the top of the security tabe section, try changing the setting to Internet Zone.

Jimbuna · 05-22-07, 10:39 AM

This is really uncanny Reece :hmm: My daughter has recently started experiencing the same problem (using AVG free edition) and I suspect it is either caused by a trojan or a virus.
Tomorrow I am installing ESET Nod 32 anti virus software

....if this is a success I will PM you

In the meantime you could try downloading Firefox and see if the problem still persists.
http://www.firefox2.com/

ASWnut101 · 05-22-07, 08:48 PM

Firefox ain't worth it, in my opinion. Slow (for my standards. I like IE6 better, anyway), annoying security prompts, "tabs", ect.

Anyway, go to:

1) Internet Options
2) Security
3) Custom level
4) Do the following under the ActiveX area:

Code:

 
Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls: Disable
 
Binary and script behaviors: Enable
 
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
 
Download using unsigned ActiveX controls: Disable
 
Initialize and scrips ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disable
 
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Enable (Or prompt, your choice)
 
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Enable

See if this works. I have mine set at this and get no ActiveX problems.

05-22-07, 03:55 AM	#2
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Which email client? Did you look at the email client's option settings, here, too, under the SECURITY tab? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

05-22-07, 04:58 AM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,789 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi Mac, OE6, I looked in security tab but don't know what to look for? Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

05-22-07, 09:46 AM	#4
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	At the top of the security tabe section, try changing the setting to Internet Zone. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

05-22-07, 10:39 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This is really uncanny Reece :hmm: My daughter has recently started experiencing the same problem (using AVG free edition) and I suspect it is either caused by a trojan or a virus. Tomorrow I am installing ESET Nod 32 anti virus software ....if this is a success I will PM you In the meantime you could try downloading Firefox and see if the problem still persists. http://www.firefox2.com/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-22-07, 08:48 PM	#6
ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Firefox ain't worth it, in my opinion. Slow (for my standards. I like IE6 better, anyway), annoying security prompts, "tabs", ect. Anyway, go to: 1) Internet Options 2) Security 3) Custom level 4) Do the following under the ActiveX area: Code: Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls: Disable Binary and script behaviors: Enable Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download using unsigned ActiveX controls: Disable Initialize and scrips ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disable Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Enable (Or prompt, your choice) Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Enable See if this works. I have mine set at this and get no ActiveX problems. __________________