XP Service Pack 2 blocks my local ActiveX controls

While I develop and test ActiveX controls local on my system, whenever
I attempt to bring up the .html page to view my updates, I get the
message

"Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX controls
installed on your computer. This page may not display correctly,
Click here for options..."

Then when I step through the help instructions to change my settings
to allow ActiveX content, that doesn't work. I've also read through
the groups for about 2 days now to notice that no one seems to know
how to turn this annoying bar off. There are alot of frustrated
developers out there because of this SP, me being one of them. I have
reccomended to the rest of my company that we not upgrade to SP2
because of these issues. We develop applications for military
training and our customer's do not want to see things get more
difficult to use. The only thing I saw that remotely helped was to
change the zones in the registry for ActiveX content and then rename
the .html files to .hta files. This is hardly a deliverable solution
to a customer for us.

If ANYONE out there has any clue how to turn this thing off
permanently, please feel free to speak up. Any assistance would be
greatly appreciated. OR any information on what might happen if I
uninstall the SP2 update would be helpful as well. I can see that
screwing up my system as well. Thanks.

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - WinXP SP2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm


"Giordano" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> While I develop and test ActiveX controls local on my system, whenever
> I attempt to bring up the .html page to view my updates, I get the
> message
>
> "Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX controls
> installed on your computer. This page may not display correctly,
> Click here for options..."
>
> Then when I step through the help instructions to change my settings
> to allow ActiveX content, that doesn't work. I've also read through
> the groups for about 2 days now to notice that no one seems to know
> how to turn this annoying bar off. There are alot of frustrated
> developers out there because of this SP, me being one of them. I have
> reccomended to the rest of my company that we not upgrade to SP2
> because of these issues. We develop applications for military
> training and our customer's do not want to see things get more
> difficult to use. The only thing I saw that remotely helped was to
> change the zones in the registry for ActiveX content and then rename
> the .html files to .hta files. This is hardly a deliverable solution
> to a customer for us.
>
> If ANYONE out there has any clue how to turn this thing off
> permanently, please feel free to speak up. Any assistance would be
> greatly appreciated. OR any information on what might happen if I
> uninstall the SP2 update would be helpful as well. I can see that
> screwing up my system as well. Thanks.

Thanks for your comment. I already found that document (I believe it
was Ramesh that posted it) This does not work. The only way I can
get an ActiveX control to display on a local system is to change Zone
settings in my registry then change my .html to a .hta file type.
Unfortunately, this is not a deliverable solution. Thanks.

"Taurarian" <> wrote in message news:<>...
> Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - WinXP SP2:
> http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
>
>
> "Giordano" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> > While I develop and test ActiveX controls local on my system, whenever
> > I attempt to bring up the .html page to view my updates, I get the
> > message
> >
> > "Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX controls
> > installed on your computer. This page may not display correctly,
> > Click here for options..."
> >
> > Then when I step through the help instructions to change my settings
> > to allow ActiveX content, that doesn't work. I've also read through
> > the groups for about 2 days now to notice that no one seems to know
> > how to turn this annoying bar off. There are alot of frustrated
> > developers out there because of this SP, me being one of them. I have
> > reccomended to the rest of my company that we not upgrade to SP2
> > because of these issues. We develop applications for military
> > training and our customer's do not want to see things get more
> > difficult to use. The only thing I saw that remotely helped was to
> > change the zones in the registry for ActiveX content and then rename
> > the .html files to .hta files. This is hardly a deliverable solution
> > to a customer for us.
> >
> > If ANYONE out there has any clue how to turn this thing off
> > permanently, please feel free to speak up. Any assistance would be
> > greatly appreciated. OR any information on what might happen if I
> > uninstall the SP2 update would be helpful as well. I can see that
> > screwing up my system as well. Thanks.

Hi Giordano,

Have you tried the "Mark of the Web" workaround as described in the Developer Implications page?

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

"Giordano" <> wrote in message news: om...
Thanks for your comment. I already found that document (I believe it
was Ramesh that posted it) This does not work. The only way I can
get an ActiveX control to display on a local system is to change Zone
settings in my registry then change my .html to a .hta file type.
Unfortunately, this is not a deliverable solution. Thanks.

"Taurarian" <> wrote in message news:<>...
> Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - WinXP SP2:
> http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
>
>
> "Giordano" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> > While I develop and test ActiveX controls local on my system, whenever
> > I attempt to bring up the .html page to view my updates, I get the
> > message
> >
> > "Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX controls
> > installed on your computer. This page may not display correctly,
> > Click here for options..."
> >
> > Then when I step through the help instructions to change my settings
> > to allow ActiveX content, that doesn't work. I've also read through
> > the groups for about 2 days now to notice that no one seems to know
> > how to turn this annoying bar off. There are alot of frustrated
> > developers out there because of this SP, me being one of them. I have
> > reccomended to the rest of my company that we not upgrade to SP2
> > because of these issues. We develop applications for military
> > training and our customer's do not want to see things get more
> > difficult to use. The only thing I saw that remotely helped was to
> > change the zones in the registry for ActiveX content and then rename
> > the .html files to .hta files. This is hardly a deliverable solution
> > to a customer for us.
> >
> > If ANYONE out there has any clue how to turn this thing off
> > permanently, please feel free to speak up. Any assistance would be
> > greatly appreciated. OR any information on what might happen if I
> > uninstall the SP2 update would be helpful as well. I can see that
> > screwing up my system as well. Thanks.

I have not. Can you point me to where that example resides? Thanks.


"Ramesh [MVP]" <@mvps.org> wrote in message news:<#>...
> Hi Giordano,
>
> Have you tried the "Mark of the Web" workaround as described in the
> Developer Implications page?
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
> "Giordano" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> Thanks for your comment. I already found that document (I believe it
> was Ramesh that posted it) This does not work. The only way I can
> get an ActiveX control to display on a local system is to change Zone
> settings in my registry then change my .html to a .hta file type.
> Unfortunately, this is not a deliverable solution. Thanks.
>
> "Taurarian" <> wrote in message
> news:<>...
> > Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - WinXP SP2:
> > http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
> >
> >
> > "Giordano" <> wrote in message
> > news: om...
> > > While I develop and test ActiveX controls local on my system,
> whenever
> > > I attempt to bring up the .html page to view my updates, I get the
> > > message
> > >
> > > "Your security settings do not allow Web sites to use ActiveX
> controls
> > > installed on your computer. This page may not display correctly,
> > > Click here for options..."
> > >
> > > Then when I step through the help instructions to change my settings
> > > to allow ActiveX content, that doesn't work. I've also read through
> > > the groups for about 2 days now to notice that no one seems to know
> > > how to turn this annoying bar off. There are alot of frustrated
> > > developers out there because of this SP, me being one of them. I
> have
> > > reccomended to the rest of my company that we not upgrade to SP2
> > > because of these issues. We develop applications for military
> > > training and our customer's do not want to see things get more
> > > difficult to use. The only thing I saw that remotely helped was to
> > > change the zones in the registry for ActiveX content and then rename
> > > the .html files to .hta files. This is hardly a deliverable
> solution
> > > to a customer for us.
> > >
> > > If ANYONE out there has any clue how to turn this thing off
> > > permanently, please feel free to speak up. Any assistance would be
> > > greatly appreciated. OR any information on what might happen if I
> > > uninstall the SP2 update would be helpful as well. I can see that
> > > screwing up my system as well. Thanks.