Microsoft KB Archive/174558

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Trusted Web Site Prompts to Download ActiveX Controls

Article ID: 174558

Article Last Modified on 3/27/2007

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• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
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• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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This article was previously published under Q174558

SUMMARY

When you open a trusted Internet site, you may be prompted to download a control or you may receive the following message:

Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly.

MORE INFORMATION

Some Internet Web sites install controls and plug-ins from sites other than the main Web site address.

For example, when you choose to install the Shockwave Flash ActiveX component from the http://www.msn.com Web site, the ActiveX component is installed from the http://fdl.msn.com Web site.

For more information about ActiveX controls and security in Internet Explorer, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

154544 Description of ActiveX Technologies

154036 How to Disable Active Content in Internet Explorer

174360 How to Use Security Zones in Internet Explorer 4.0

Additional query words: 4.00 5.0 5.00

Keywords: kbenv KB174558

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