Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page

[Reece]

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

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:

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]

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

[Reece]

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


Thanks.

[The Avon Lady]

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

[Jimbuna]

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]

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:

 
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.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by ASWnut101

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

Firefox is not slow if you twink it.

Here's how to speed up your firefox 10x faster

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


More options:

For ADSL:
1. Type: about:config
2. Set:
network.http.max-connections : 64
network.http.max-connections-per-server : 21
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 8
network.http.pipelining : true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining : true

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves. (Copy from TvM)

For Dial_ip:
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl : true
browser.xul.error_pages.enabled : true
content.interrupt.parsing : true
content.max.tokenizing.time : 3000000
content.maxtextrun : 8191
content.notify.backoffcount : 5
content.notify.interval : 750000
content.notify.ontimer : true
content.switch.threshold : 750000
network.http.max-connections : 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 4
network.http.pipelining : true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining : true
nglayout.initialpaint.delay : 750
plugin.expose_full_path : true
signed.applets.codebase_principal_support : true

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Firefox is not slow if you twink it.

Here's how to speed up your firefox 10x faster

1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.


More options:

For ADSL:
1. Type: about:config
2. Set:
network.http.max-connections : 64
network.http.max-connections-per-server : 21
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 8
network.http.pipelining : true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 100
network.http.proxy.pipelining : true

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves. (Copy from TvM)

For Dial_ip:
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl : true
browser.xul.error_pages.enabled : true
content.interrupt.parsing : true
content.max.tokenizing.time : 3000000
content.maxtextrun : 8191
content.notify.backoffcount : 5
content.notify.interval : 750000
content.notify.ontimer : true
content.switch.threshold : 750000
network.http.max-connections : 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy : 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server : 4
network.http.pipelining : true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests : 8
network.http.proxy.pipelining : true
nglayout.initialpaint.delay : 750
plugin.expose_full_path : true
signed.applets.codebase_principal_support : true

Mabye I just don't like to twink things. I don't know. I just, for some reason, do not like it as much as IE6.

[Reece]

Thanks Guys, I just got back & will save the page, I already use Firefox, the problem is with emails only! I like your cartoon animation Kiwi!
Your suggestion worked Mac! Many Thanks!
Now Kiwi I agree with ASWnut101, Firefox is slow, so I will try your tweaks!
....... testing ...... testing!
Hey that is much faster, thanks also!!
Jim I have the latest Adaware, spybot & McAfee definitions, hope all is ok with your daughters.
Cheers & thanks all.

[Jimbuna]

Cheers mate....glad your sorted