oo 1 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 What the F! is Active X. Well, I kinda know, but recently sites that were coming up ok in IE are now (including CNN, BBC, Guardian) are being flagged us as possibly having "unsafe Active X components" or something, and popups appearing to tell me this and parts of the pages not showing properly. Whatever I do (spend a couple of hours messing round with the internet options and looked a bit online) and I just cannot get rid of the messages and its getting really annoying. Can somebody maybe help or point me in the right direction. That direction might well be Firefox, but I'd like to get some closure on this IE problem first! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 My advice, get rid of IE. Nothing but a pain in the a#$e. Get Firefox!! That will definetly solve your problems and you won't be frustrated looking for closure. You could try re-installing IE but be sure to save your bookmarks first. PS; Make sure you have an alternative browser if you do this. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 Thanks, I think I will be doing that. But I DO want to solve this problem as I hate being beat. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 But you win you don't have to deal with IE, it' a win win situation! Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 Oh well I have good news. I decided to completely reinstall windows. I was pretty worried that I might just be digging a deeper hole and things would go from bad to worse, but took the risk. And.... It seems to be working fine now! Phew. What a relief. I suppose its taken the best part of the day to get that all done. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 But one thing I noticed is really strange. When I try to use some of the symbols above the number buttons ie the and symbol, brackets etc - they come up as other symbols. The symbols seem to be mixed up. This is real tiring. Any ideas on that? Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Are all the original fonts still installed. Try changing the font it may display normally? Just an idea. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 Got it sorted thanks. Seems there was a conflict and I have 2 settings installed. Working ok now. I appreciate the help sakebomb - thanks! Have a beer on me. Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 I remember once when I tried to fix a really small thing like that and ended up pulling my hair out for a full weekend. I tend to put up with small things now, I have bad memories of that weekend. Glad it worked out. Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 How do you actually delete IE. You can take it off using windows update thing but it doesnt seem to take it completely off the system. And you can put it back on almost immediately using the same functionality. IT doesn't seem to wipe it off completely. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 It sounds like a drink or something. What is it? Do I have it? Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Actually recently when I open Excel or Word file on my computer some warning appear about this Active x. There is some explain but I do not understand it. My friend look also and cannot fix the message to not appear. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I'm Confused & Sexy - check out the bottom few posts in this thread; http://www.skijapanguide.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/8/4323.html Link to post Share on other sites
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