ActiveX's won't download in IE (no Info bar)

Ottmar Freudenberger:

> Hm. Does your AV scanner offer any "Web bugs" features/options?

Nope, besides I tried disabling it. WebWasher has that feature, but I
disabled that too (disabled everything to be sure). And I use
WebWasher on the PC that works with the same settings anyway (and the
Information bar DID work on the two other computers easlier as well).

> What about group policies?

What should I look for?

> You've tried the OLEfix on that machine too with no avail?

Not yet. I try all fixes on that one as well to be sure.

> Or did that machine ran into the same problem at the same time
> like your other machine?

Good question. I don't know. Only thing those machines have in common
is that they both where upgraded to XP from 98SE, and then later to XP
SP2 (so there might be a change that the ActiveX downloads have NEVER
worked after upgrading to SP2, but I remember seeing the Information
Bar, but that is shown for other thing too, right....)

Strange thing is that some thing that should show as a Information Bar
shows as dialog boxes (like before SP2). Don't ask why. Have tried
reinstalling XP SP2, but that didn't fix anything at all

MS lacks a good check and repair tool for Windows and MSIE
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"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org>:

> Re: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_21631785.html
> Scroll down the page

Hey But that didn't work on some of the other articles.
And I could swear that didn't work yesterday (or I was tired).

Does it have to do with if your are redirected from somewere.
Try to view the articles at these two URLs now w/o luck:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21312972.html
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Q_21592102.html

(maybe I clear all caches and cookies and try them after that

> You should be able to disable ZoneAlarm at startup from MSCONFIG> Startup or
> Services. This should not change any ZA settings.

Didn't help. Also ZA is not installed on the PC at work with same
problem.
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"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org>:

> Re: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_21631785.html
> Scroll down the page

Hey But that didn't work on some of the other articles.
And I could swear that didn't work yesterday (or I was tired).

Added: Even the first one didn't work when I tried once more.
Seems like the solution is only showed one the first visit, or?
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> > Re: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_21631785.html
>
> Does it have to do with if your are redirected from somewere.
> Try to view the articles at these two URLs now w/o luck:
>
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_21312972.html
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Q_21592102.html
>
> (maybe I clear all caches and cookies and try them after that

That worked for all of them, BUT none of the fixes there helped
either. Even tried adding the server with the ActiveX to the Trusted
Zone (then the Information Bar should not appear at all, right) but
the message still says that "Could not install ActiveX"

And no matter what I do (reregistering DLLs, checking registry
settings, changing security setting, group settings etc) I still can't
get that Information Bar to show when an ActiveX is to be downloaded
(but since it is not downloaded with zone=Trusted I guess the
Information bar is not the problem - ActiveX is blocked otherwhere)

On tip mentioned a "XP repair install" but how big a mess-up is that
(will much of my system look, setup etc by reset to standard XP)?

And how do I initiate a repair install...

Added "microsoft.public.windowsupdate" to the list, since I have
noticed that most people get into this error when using Windows Update
(because they then can't install and run MS own update ActiveX
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WinXP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live!

Hi,

See if this helps:

Download the file OLEfix.zip available here (it is a registry file
that origin from MS Support, and it has fixed ActiveX problems
for several people, getting this problem after installing KB896688):

http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/OLEfix.zip

Extract it and double click the contained OLEfix.reg file. Click Yes
on the dialog box that asks you if you are sure to add the information
in OLEfix.reg to the registry.

You may have to reboot your machine afterwards.

More about this issue here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909889


Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:

> That worked for all of them, BUT none of the fixes there helped
> either. Even tried adding the server with the ActiveX to the Trusted
> Zone (then the Information Bar should not appear at all, right) but
> the message still says that "Could not install ActiveX"
>
> And no matter what I do (reregistering DLLs, checking registry
> settings, changing security setting, group settings etc) I still can't
> get that Information Bar to show when an ActiveX is to be downloaded
> (but since it is not downloaded with zone=Trusted I guess the
> Information bar is not the problem - ActiveX is blocked otherwhere)
>
> On tip mentioned a "XP repair install" but how big a mess-up is that
> (will much of my system look, setup etc by reset to standard XP)?
>
> And how do I initiate a repair install...
>
> Added "microsoft.public.windowsupdate" to the list, since I have
> noticed that most people get into this error when using Windows Update
> (because they then can't install and run MS own update ActiveX


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Torgeir Bakken (MVP):

> See if this helps:

Didn't, tried and manually checked that allready

I'm getting really pissed with MS. I have spend hours on this, trying
all fixes they have, and all fixes I have found on the net (MS support
only come up with the obvious ones that I have allreday tried, or
tells me that "you have to reinstall XP".

Why don't MS have a real tool for repairing settings like this?
Not even reinstalling XP SP2 helped. And I can't find a "standalone"
install package for IE6 (then I would try to reinstall that as well)

I tend to think this is a IE6 problem. Because ActiveX is not
downloaded even when the site is in the Trusted Zone (then the
Information Band for SP2 should be displayed at all, right).

It's something somwhere (file or setting) that prevents ActiveX'es
from downloading, but I can't find what (is there a way to debug this,
to where it stops, if it tries to get the ActiveX, or don't request it
at all, how far the process goes before it's block, and so on...)

Some say an XP repair install will help, but how do I start that,
and will that mess up many settings and installed stuff, or...?

> > That worked for all of them, BUT none of the fixes there helped
> > either. Even tried adding the server with the ActiveX to the Trusted
> > Zone (then the Information Bar should not appear at all, right) but
> > the message still says that "Could not install ActiveX"
> >
> > And no matter what I do (reregistering DLLs, checking registry
> > settings, changing security setting, group settings etc) I still can't
> > get that Information Bar to show when an ActiveX is to be downloaded
> > (but since it is not downloaded with zone=Trusted I guess the
> > Information bar is not the problem - ActiveX is blocked otherwhere)
> >
> > On tip mentioned a "XP repair install" but how big a mess-up is that
> > (will much of my system look, setup etc by reset to standard XP)?
> >
> > And how do I initiate a repair install...
> >
> > Added "microsoft.public.windowsupdate" to the list, since I have
> > noticed that most people get into this error when using Windows Update
> > (because they then can't install and run MS own update ActiveX
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