Active X and IE 5.5 SP2

[CHE]

I have ActiveX disabled in IE 5.5 SP2 using Win98SE. Now, since M$ wants to force everyone to run their software, I am provided an alert box reminding me I have Active X turned off whenever I visit a page with ActiveX:<BR><BR><i>"Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly."</i><BR><BR>How do I stop this alert while continuing to use IE 5.5 and continuing to have ActiveX disabled. Is there a registry switch or something?

[Rio The Rhino]

There might be, but I am not aware of it. I tried searching, but came up with mostly exploit articles. Why do still have IE 5.5 man? It was buggy as hell IMO.

[CHE]

<i>"while continuing to use IE 5.5 and continuing to have ActiveX disabled"</i><BR><BR>That means I don't want to hear that question <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Rio The Rhino]

OK OK....well..... Damn. <BR><BR>Internet Explorer 5.0<BR>On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.<BR>On the Security tab, click Internet.<BR>Click Default Level, and then click OK.<BR>If the issue continues to occur, follow these steps: <BR>On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.<BR>On the Security tab, click Internet, and then click Custom Level.<BR>Under Download Signed ActiveX Controls, click Enable or Prompt.<BR>Click OK, and then click Yes.<BR>Click OK.<BR>If the issue continues to occur, reinstall Internet Explorer from the following Microsoft Web site: <BR>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie

[Rio The Rhino]

Hmm...just realized that enables it....damn again. let me look some more. <BR><BR>Damn, you're only options that I can find are <I>Enable or Prompt.</I> Apparently M$ feels you need activeX...lol...<BR>

[ADRAMELK]

I dunno CHE, theres compatability flags in the activeX reg folder, but I dont think theres any help there. Course im using different OS and IE than you, but check out localmachine/software/ms/internetexplorer/advancedoptions, those keys seem to be pretty close to controlling messages like that, again im sure yours is different than mine though.<BR><BR><BR><BR><UL></UL> I think you should take this up with Bill, the bastard <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif" border="0">

[Rio The Rhino]

CHE, do you use NIS2002 or any other norton product? I found this, but it may not help you....dunno.<BR><BR>[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareSymantecIAMSoftwareSyman tecIAMDialogOptions]<BR>"DefaultActiveXAlertOption"=dword:00000000<BR><BR>At least you may be able to search for "activexalert" and it may pull up something useful in the registry.

[ADRAMELK]

Change the value of the Compatibility Flags DWORD value to 00000400.<BR><BR>I was pretty close, there were just so many compatability flags....

[CHE]

Hey, thanks! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">