re: Most ActiveX controls do not function
Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 10:12 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jim Spencer
(2 messages posted)
I think I may have figured this out. After I re-installed XP, I installed SP2 prior
to Visual Studio Enterprise Architect. One of the prerequisites that gets installed
with VS Ent Arch is IE SP1. So I think that perhaps that caused my problems.
So after another re-install, this time I have yet to install SP2 and everything seems
to be okay (for a few days now). I'm running Zone Alarm, Norton, etc, so I don't
think I'll be in any rush to re-install SP2.
On Monday, October 24, 2005 at 8:12 am, Jim Spencer wrote:
>Symptoms:
>1. SWF files do not load in IE (they work fine in Firefox)
>2. When opening System Restore, I just receive a blank white page.)
>3. Windows Update cannot be opened from the link in "Help and Support")
>4. When I go to a page with an online virus check (such as http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp
>), I get the prompt to Install the ActiveX control, but when it is finished loading,
>I just get the red "X".)
>5. Within XP, when I go to Administrative tools--Services and click on the "Extended"
>tab, the left pane in the Services side of the window shows a red X and I receive
>an "Internet Explorer Script Error" pop-up stating that "Object doesnt support this
>property or method."
>
>Conditions:
>After struggling with this problem for some time, I finally re-formatted my hard
>drive and re-installed XP Pro. Everything seemed fine for a few hours as I re-installed
>necessary programs (ie swf files worked, windows update worked, etc), but at some
>point, the system again reverted to not allowing ActiveX controls to function.
I'm
>not sure at what point it occurred, however, it may have been around the time I
installed
>SP2 or Visual Studio...I'm just not sure.
>
>I've tried multiple virus scans, hijackthis, trojan scans, sfc /scannow, safe mode
>boots, etc. to no avail. I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar problem and
knows
>of a solution.
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