How to Allow ActiveX Script

ActiveX programming allows the Internet Explorer Web browser to display interactive components on its Web pages. Examples of these interactive components are videos, music and Flash gaming. Without ActiveX, these components will not run and this might cause the Web page to not load up properly in the Internet Explorer Web browser, inducing errors. To fix this problem, you must enable ActiveX to allow these components to run. This will ensure a smooth Web browsing experience.

Instructions

1. Open the Internet Explorer Web browsing application by double clicking on its desktop icon.

2. Select the "Tools" option in the top of the Explorer page. Click on "Internet Options." The "Internet Options" dialog box will appear.

3. Click the "Security" tab, found on top of the "Internet Explorer" dialog box. Click on the "Internet" icon.

4. Click on the "Custom Level" button in the dialog box. The "Security Settings" list will open.

5. Locate the "ActiveX controls and plug-ins" section. Click on "Enable" for each link in this section with the exception of the "Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run without prompt" and "Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting" links. Click on "Disable" for these two links.

6. Click "OK" to close the "Security Settings" and "Internet Options" dialog boxes in addition to saving the recent changes.

References

• Jayce Ooi's Paradise: How to Enable ActiveX in Internet Explorer (IE6, IE7)

Resources

• Mozilla: ActiveX