ActiveX Installer Service

Hello

I'm testing the ActiveX Installer Service (AxIS) and I'm not getting this to
work correctly. I'm currently testing this on a Windows Vista Ultimate
computer member of an Windows Server 2003 SP2 Active Directory domain.

This is what I did:
1. Installed the ActiveX Installer Service on the Vista computer.

2. Configured to ActiveX Installer service to automatic startup and started
the service.

3. Configured a GPO for this computer, configured the "Approved Installation
Sites for ActiveX Controls" setting under \Computer Configuration\Windows
Components\ActiveX Installer Service. I added the following sites:
http://download.macromedia.com
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com
http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com

I used the value 2,2,2,0.

4. I logon with a Domain User account, open IE and navigates to a web page
where I know I will be asked for Shockwave Player.


What happens is that I get a prompt to press OK to run an ActiveX control.
Then I get the "The website wants to install the following..." on the IE
information bar. If proceed I get prompted again and then I get the UAC
prompt for credentials. (The UAC settings are default, they are not changed).

When I logon with an admin account and check the Application Log I see an
event 4097 AxInstallService with the details:
Attempt to install control
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...swdir8d204.cab
failed. The host URL http://download.macromedia.com is not in policy.

Of course this is incorrect as I know the URL is configured in the GPO
applied to the computer, RSOP aslo confirms that.


What is going on? Thanks!

/Ragnar

Hello - can someone (e.g. Microsoft) assist me in this matter?

Thank you!

/Ragnar


"Ragnar" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm testing the ActiveX Installer Service (AxIS) and I'm not getting this to
> work correctly. I'm currently testing this on a Windows Vista Ultimate
> computer member of an Windows Server 2003 SP2 Active Directory domain.
>
> This is what I did:
> 1. Installed the ActiveX Installer Service on the Vista computer.
>
> 2. Configured to ActiveX Installer service to automatic startup and started
> the service.
>
> 3. Configured a GPO for this computer, configured the "Approved Installation
> Sites for ActiveX Controls" setting under \Computer Configuration\Windows
> Components\ActiveX Installer Service. I added the following sites:
> http://download.macromedia.com
> http://fpdownload.macromedia.com
> http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com
>
> I used the value 2,2,2,0.
>
> 4. I logon with a Domain User account, open IE and navigates to a web page
> where I know I will be asked for Shockwave Player.
>
>
> What happens is that I get a prompt to press OK to run an ActiveX control.
> Then I get the "The website wants to install the following..." on the IE
> information bar. If proceed I get prompted again and then I get the UAC
> prompt for credentials. (The UAC settings are default, they are not changed).
>
> When I logon with an admin account and check the Application Log I see an
> event 4097 AxInstallService with the details:
> Attempt to install control
> http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s...swdir8d204.cab
> failed. The host URL http://download.macromedia.com is not in policy.
>
> Of course this is incorrect as I know the URL is configured in the GPO
> applied to the computer, RSOP aslo confirms that.
>
>
> What is going on? Thanks!
>
> /Ragnar