it keeps popping up when I click a thread that has embeds in it


and it pops up whenever I have a PM

how do I kill this

I searched google, but never came up with anything that made it stop

11/1/2006 2:39:26 PM

Don't worry about it. If you can't figure out how to turn it off, the feature is doing more good protecting you than bad by annoying you.

11/1/2006 2:43:54 PM

it didn't start this until recently, and it is kinda aggravating

11/2/2006 8:30:59 AM

can you be more specific about the pop-up window? also, what version if IE are you using?

11/2/2006 8:55:22 AM

"click to run an active x control on this page"


xp

11/2/2006 9:25:21 AM

lol

his version of ie is xp

11/2/2006 10:35:36 AM

is it a popup window, or is it when you hover over an ActiveX control you get an outline around the control and a tootip that says "Click to Activate".

If its the tooltip thing it has to do with a lawsuit against Microsoft and the way they use ActiveX. Everyone gets that now.

11/2/2006 10:42:23 AM

^^ my bad, I thought he asked what OS


I dunno what version of explorer this is

OMG MAKE FUN OF ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW

nah it's a pop up that I have to click on
"click to activate" or what not

[Edited on November 2, 2006 at 11:25 AM. Reason : .]

11/2/2006 11:25:05 AM

grab a screenshot

press the printscreen button when you get the popup
Go to start-> run type mspaint and hit ok
paste it in
save it somewhere
upload to tww

post in this thread

11/2/2006 11:26:52 AM

uh, for your version of IE, click "Help" -> "About", then look for "Version".

before you do the following, read my whole post.

if you're truly being annoyed by the activex windows that are trying to protect you from the evil that is activex, go into "Tools"-> "Internet Options" -> "Security" (Tab) -> "Custom Level" (Button) ... scroll down to "ActiveX controls and plug-ins", and either select "Enable" or "Disable" for all the activex options. if any of them say "Prompt", then you will continue to get the 'pop ups', as you called them.

of course, what you should do instead of setting a custom level for IE security, is just to reset it to Medium by dragging that vertical slider in the security tab back to "Medium". if it IS on medium already and you're getting those activex alerts, then you are visiting the wrong sites. the default settings for alerts are designed to only warn you when accessing unsigned (not trusted) content, such as trojans and the like.

all that said, i'd definitely suggest you just ... get Firefox http://www.getfirefox.com

11/2/2006 12:35:12 PM

ok I'll try to get a screen shot

thanks for the advice yal

11/2/2006 1:08:10 PM

[Edited on November 2, 2006 at 1:12 PM. Reason : .]

11/2/2006 1:11:29 PM

What I love most about this is that there isn't an option to not run the damn thing.

11/2/2006 1:41:44 PM

tools>internet options>security>custom level>active x controls and plug-ins

probably the 'Automatic prompting for active x controls' or 'run active x controls and plug-ins' options

[Edited on November 2, 2006 at 1:46 PM. Reason : more]

11/2/2006 1:45:09 PM

the real question is, what on tdub is causing an activex window?

11/2/2006 1:50:26 PM

^ Someone most likely imbedded a quicktime song or video.

11/2/2006 3:10:56 PM

the sound files for the inbox

and an embedded file in the jim rome thread

11/2/2006 3:12:36 PM