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Posted by sue_va (My Page) on

Fri, Nov 13, 09 at 16:09

I haven't checked on updates for a while, and now when I go there I get this message:

Install the ActiveX control required to view the website
The website will not display correctly on your computer without this control.

I don't remember seeing this message before. It appears to be covering the usual Checking your Computer for updates message.

HP Media Center XP SP2

TIA

Sue

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Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 13, 09 at 17:19

are you going there on IE? do you have active x turned on?

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Posted by sue_va (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 13, 09 at 18:58

RC, yes, using IE for updates. (FF is my default browser) I've never had Active X on as far as I remember. I'm thinking Active X has always been iffy, and to not use it.

I have No Script add on and use that when needed.

Sue

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Posted by zep516 (My Page) on
Fri, Nov 13, 09 at 19:12

I would:

Install the ActiveX control required to view the website.

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Posted by sue_va (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 14, 09 at 20:28

Zep, if I must, I must, but why after all these years, is Active X required? Is it because I recently updated IE to V8, and/or AVG to v9?

Sue, the curious

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Posted by ravencajun (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 14, 09 at 23:02

probably when you went to IE8 the Active X features that are normally active in the older versions of IE were all disabled. I agree with zep you can enable the active x for your windows update site.

Here is a link that might be useful: active x with windows updates

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Posted by sue_va (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 15, 09 at 15:05

All done!

Thanks for the explanation.

Sue

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