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Summary: If ActiveX controls have been disabled on a computer, there may be some problems within the Web browser. Enable ActiveX controls and logins with help from an IT engineer in this free video on using Windows XP.
Ditta Izabella has an IT engineering degree from the Budapest University of Technologies and Economics. She has a variety of computer science skills, including Java, C#, PHP, .Net,...read more
"Hi. My name is Izabelle and now I'm going to show you how to enable ActiveX controls. If you have ActiveX controls disabled on your computer, you may have some problems in the web browser, with opening some sites, and you may also have some problems with the downloading several files. We open our browser first, and in the tool bar, we click on tools and Internet options. Now we can see several tabs. We click on security and custom level. Ok, here are the settings. Now at first we have to enable ActiveX controls and logins. Previously unused active x controls so we set it to enable. Then automatic prompting for active x controls, also we have to set to enable. Then initialize and script ActiveX controls to prompt. And download unsigned active x controls, also we set to prompt. The run ActiveX controls and plug ins, we set to enable. And at last the script active x controls, marked free or scripting, also enabled. And now we can lock it, and yes because we are sure we can save the changes. Ok, again, and now the changes are saved. But, we have to close and re-open the browser, so that our changes will function."
eHow Article: How to Enable ActiveX Controls