Re: ActiveX bar doesn't even show - no option

Hi Boe :-)

As an additional resource, I am cross-posting your problem to the Windows
Update newsgroup and perhaps someone there can also help.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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> Sorry - I have IE6 (latest version) running on Windows XP SP2. I'm
> referring to the yellow bar that you have to click on for ActiveX pages
> such as the Windows update or Microsoft update pages.
>
> "Jan Il" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi Boe :-)
>>
>> You don't mention the version of Windows you are using, but, by the
>> 'activex bar', are you referring to the Information Bar in XP SP2, that
>> comes up along the top of the window in the Windows Update and you have
>> to click on the 'Click here', to allow the ActiveX to be installed?
>>
>> If so, then try the following and see if it helps:
>>
>> First go to the top IE menu bar and click View,
>> then check that the Status Bar is check marked.
>>
>> Then check the information here and see if it helps:
>>
>> How to Use the Internet Explorer Information Bar
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._infobar.mspx:
>>
>> The information bar is related to downloads, pop ups and Active X. Is it
>> checked in every instance? Check to see which setting(s) you checked?
>>
>> Description of the Internet Explorer Information Bar in Windows XP SP2
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul..kb;en-us;843017
>>
>> also.
>>
>> Courtesy of Ottmar Freudenberger -
>>
>> If this happened after installing KB896688 (MS05-052), the latest
>> Cumulative Update for IE? If yes, try the following:
>>
>> Download the file OLEfix.zip available here (it is a registry file
>> that origin from MS Support, and it has fixed the ActiveX problem
>> 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.
>>
>> Also, see the new released KB article
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909889
>> which is referred to *now* in the revised Security Bulletin 05-052.
>>
>> Description of the Internet Explorer Information Bar in Windows XP SP2
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843017
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
>> Smiles are meant to be shared,
>> that's why they're so contagious.
>>
>> Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
>> readers.
>> How to make a good newsgroup post:
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>>
>>
>> "> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a couple of clients who when they go to update.microsoft.com for
>>> the first time they don't get that activex bar. It gets them to the
>>> page that lets them know they need to click on the activex bar but they
>>> don't actually have the activexbar so they can't go any further. I set
>>> all their security zones for the default and all options in ie as
>>> default. My only solution was to log in as a different user. Is there a
>>> way if I see this again to correct it for that user?
>>>
>>
>>
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