You might want to go to this web site:
Test Your ActiveX Installation
http://www.pcpitstop.com/testax.asp
They also have some troubleshooting tips that you may find
useful:
http://www.pcpitstop.com/faq/security.asp
Note: This page shows the Internet Options Security Settings
that the email you received from Microsoft is referencing. When
the setting is set to Prompt, the Information bar appears and
asks if you want to proceed with the download. When the setting
is set to Enable, the component is downloaded and you are asked
if you want to install it. When the setting is set to Disable,
you see the information bar and are informed that your current
settings do not allow the component to be downloaded.
I'll repeat what I suggested in my earlier response. This
question really belongs in the Internet Explorer newsgroup.
You've got a much better chance of getting your problem solved
by one of the experts who frequents that newsgroup.
Discussions in Internet Explorer 6 General
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/newsReader.aspx?lang=en&cr=US&dg=microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser&sloc=en-us
Good luck
Nepatsfan
Post by 1j2jI can't even use the Microsoft Updates site because my
compouter won't take their ActiveX controls and they are
telling me to do the same things that McAfee is saying and
it is not working.
One tantalizing but of information was in an e-mail from a
Microsoft tech in which he said that you can turn the
Information Bar off for each of its functions in the same
way that you can turn it on and off for the pop-up blocker,
but that you wouldn't want to do that. Well, of course you
wouldn't, but what if you had inadvertantly somehow? Never
got him to tell me where to go to check those control
settings.
Sorry about answering before getting the specific addresses
you asked for. Frankly, this thing is wearing me down. I'll
find them and make another post.
Thanks.
Post by NepatsfanExactly what are you trying to download and where are you
trying to download it from? Copy the address displayed in
Internet Explorer and paste it into your response. Pass
along as much info as possible.
Meanwhile, if you haven't done so already, you might want to
post your question to the Internet Explorer newsgroup.
McAfee Help Forums
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php?sid=e5196b00e11d2a555786c5f0fdf3f728
McAfee Technical Support
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/?siteID=1&resolution=800x600
Nepatsfan
Post by 1j2jThanks. I did as you suggest, but unfortunately I still
have the problem.
A tech at the Microsoft Update site also suggested making
those sites "Safe" thereby having a "low" security setting
as default. Made a lot of sense, but after doing that the
problem still persists.
Also checked every program I could think of that might have
a pop up blocker in it and if one was there turned it off.
Also double checked windows firewall.
No success yet.
Post by NepatsfanPost by 1j2jI can't download McAfee antivirus or firewall. The
McAfee site says that the Information Bar is blocking
their Active-X Controls. I see no information bar. The
instructions for allowing it if you see no information
bar do not work.
Any ideas?
Go to Control Panel and open Internet Options.
Click on the Security tab.
Click on the Default Level button.
Make sure your security settings for the Internet Zone are
set to Medium.
Nepatsfan