[reposting because of no responses, someone please help.]

Well I get prompts whether I have auto-prompting enabled or disabled. How
do I get rid of the prompts? That's all I want. Active-x disabled and no
prompts...

"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
news:OsAdImQZJHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "James" <no@email.com> wrote in message
> news:B02B0CDB-378A-4AC7-B7FB-E1727D10F3F0@microsoft.com...
>>I experienced the same problem in multiple Vista installs on multiple
>> computers, the problem is I disable active-x in the internet zone, and I
>> enable automatic prompting for active-x, yet I still get the active-x
>> info
>> bar on sites that have active-x that I haven't added to my trusted zone?
>> Is
>> there no way to turn off the info bar or am I doing something wrong..?
>
>
> Sounds like that's what you have set it up to do.
> If you disable ActiveX you will get an information message about that
> (unless, perhaps, it occurs in a Restricted Sites zone--not sure about
> that)
> And certainly if you set it to Prompt you will at least get its prompt.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>

Please stick to the original thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...b43bed684df661

PS: It's a long holiday weekend!

PPS: The web-based access to these newsgroups has been broken since the
morning of 23 Dec-08.
--
~PA Bear

James wrote:
> [reposting because of no responses, someone please help.]
>
> Well I get prompts whether I have auto-prompting enabled or disabled. How
> do I get rid of the prompts? That's all I want. Active-x disabled and no
> prompts...
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
> news:OsAdImQZJHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "James" <no@email.com> wrote in message
>> news:B02B0CDB-378A-4AC7-B7FB-E1727D10F3F0@microsoft.com...
>>> I experienced the same problem in multiple Vista installs on multiple
>>> computers, the problem is I disable active-x in the internet zone, and I
>>> enable automatic prompting for active-x, yet I still get the active-x
>>> info
>>> bar on sites that have active-x that I haven't added to my trusted zone?
>>> Is
>>> there no way to turn off the info bar or am I doing something wrong..?
>>
>>
>> Sounds like that's what you have set it up to do.
>> If you disable ActiveX you will get an information message about that
>> (unless, perhaps, it occurs in a Restricted Sites zone--not sure about
>> that)
>> And certainly if you set it to Prompt you will at least get its prompt.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert Aldwinckle
>> ---

James wrote:

> [reposting because of no responses, someone please help.]

You may have to wait a day or three to get a reply, if any. Remember
this is the holidays. Many participants here do have lives outside of
Usenet so they're not around at the moment. That means responses are
slowed.

> Well I get prompts whether I have auto-prompting enabled or disabled. How
> do I get rid of the prompts? That's all I want. Active-x disabled and no
> prompts...

IE advanced settings:
- ActiveX controls
Automatic prompting
Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.

Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
prompt you get: infobar or popup window.

Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:

"Run ActiveX and plug-ins"

to Disabled?

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:gj47k5$b5a$1@news.motzarella.org...
> James wrote:
>
>> [reposting because of no responses, someone please help.]
>
> You may have to wait a day or three to get a reply, if any. Remember
> this is the holidays. Many participants here do have lives outside of
> Usenet so they're not around at the moment. That means responses are
> slowed.
>
>> Well I get prompts whether I have auto-prompting enabled or disabled.
>> How
>> do I get rid of the prompts? That's all I want. Active-x disabled and no
>> prompts...
>
> IE advanced settings:
> - ActiveX controls
> Automatic prompting
> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>
> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>
> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>
> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>
> to Disabled?

When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top of
active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible? And
sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead for
2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
> James wrote:
>
>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>
>>> IE advanced settings:
>>> - ActiveX controls
>>> Automatic prompting
>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>
>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>
>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>
>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>
>>> to Disabled?
>>
>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top
>> of
>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible?
>> And
>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead
>> for
>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>
> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.

Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is
disabled. But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when
I click on it and read the 'more information' it says to disable the info
bar I need to enable "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no
difference and the yellow info bar still appears. I just want the yellow
info bar not to appear.

James wrote:

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
> news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> James wrote:
>>
>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>>
>>>> IE advanced settings:
>>>> - ActiveX controls
>>>> Automatic prompting
>>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>>
>>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>>
>>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>>
>>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>>
>>>> to Disabled?
>>>
>>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top
>>> of
>>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible?
>>> And
>>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead
>>> for
>>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>>
>> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
>> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
>> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
>> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
>> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.
>
> Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is
> disabled. But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when
> I click on it and read the 'more information' it says to disable the info
> bar I need to enable "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no
> difference and the yellow info bar still appears. I just want the yellow
> info bar not to appear.

Provide an example web site where you see the yellow infobar appear
inside of IE.

You sure the infobar is telling you about an ActiveX download or execute
instead of a file download? When you right-click on the infobar, what
are the content menu choices?

James wrote:

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>
>> IE advanced settings:
>> - ActiveX controls
>> Automatic prompting
>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>
>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>
>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>
>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>
>> to Disabled?
>
> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top of
> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible? And
> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead for
> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.

My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.

I don't recall that you ever mentioned what was the message in the
infobar. Does it say, "Your security settings do not allow websites to
use ActiveX control installed on your computer ..."? If so, ask the web
site owner if they have a non-AX version of their web page(s) to
eliminate IE detecting that they do use AX and is telling the user that
the site wants the user to use AX.

The infobar will show up if a web site tries to run active content on
your computer. IE is just complying with the web site's wishes. So see
if they have a non-AX version of their pages, don't go there, or bitch
to the site owner that they should do a test if AX is enabled and, if
not, then present non-AX pages.

You could disable the Active Scripting option (under the Scripting
section) but I suspect that also means you lose Javascripts along with
AX support.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154036 (see Note on Jscript disabled)
http://browsers.about.com/od/interne...tivescript.htm

For those sites where you do want them to run their Javascript code in
their web pages, you'll have to add to your Trusted Sites security zone
where Active Scripting is still enabled.

"James" <no@email.com> wrote in message news:OK3NNaFaJHA.5440@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
> news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> James wrote:
>>
>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>>
>>>> IE advanced settings:
>>>> - ActiveX controls
>>>> Automatic prompting
>>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>>
>>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>>
>>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>>
>>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>>
>>>> to Disabled?
>>>
>>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top of
>>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible? And
>>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead for
>>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>>
>> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
>> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
>> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
>> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
>> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.
>
> Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is disabled.
> But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when I click on it and
> read the 'more information' it says to disable the info bar I need to enable
> "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no difference and the yellow info
> bar still appears. I just want the yellow info bar not to appear.


James-

Have you tried to set the: "Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run without
prompt" & "Run ActiveX controls and plugins" to enabled?

~Gary

Gary Brandenburg wrote:

> "James" <no@email.com> wrote in message news:OK3NNaFaJHA.5440@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
>> news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
>>> James wrote:
>>>
>>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>>>
>>>>> IE advanced settings:
>>>>> - ActiveX controls
>>>>> Automatic prompting
>>>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>>>
>>>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>>>
>>>>> to Disabled?
>>>>
>>>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top of
>>>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible? And
>>>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead for
>>>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>>>
>>> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
>>> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
>>> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
>>> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
>>> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.
>>
>> Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is disabled.
>> But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when I click on it and
>> read the 'more information' it says to disable the info bar I need to enable
>> "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no difference and the yellow info
>> bar still appears. I just want the yellow info bar not to appear.
>
> James-
>
> Have you tried to set the: "Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run without
> prompt" & "Run ActiveX controls and plugins" to enabled?
>
> ~Gary

It was my understanding that James doesn't want to RUN anything
involving AX controls downloaded to his host (although apparently
downloading Java applets and running Javascript locally is okay).

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
> James wrote:
>
>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>
>>> IE advanced settings:
>>> - ActiveX controls
>>> Automatic prompting
>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>
>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>
>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>
>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>
>>> to Disabled?
>>
>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top
>> of
>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible?
>> And
>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead
>> for
>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>
> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.

Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is
disabled. But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when
I click on it and read the 'more information' it says to disable the info
bar I need to enable "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no
difference and the yellow info bar still appears. I just want the yellow
info bar not to appear.

James wrote:

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
> news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> James wrote:
>>
>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>>
>>>> IE advanced settings:
>>>> - ActiveX controls
>>>> Automatic prompting
>>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>>
>>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>>
>>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>>
>>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>>
>>>> to Disabled?
>>>
>>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top
>>> of
>>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible?
>>> And
>>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead
>>> for
>>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>>
>> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
>> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
>> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
>> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
>> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.
>
> Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is
> disabled. But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when
> I click on it and read the 'more information' it says to disable the info
> bar I need to enable "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no
> difference and the yellow info bar still appears. I just want the yellow
> info bar not to appear.

Provide an example web site where you see the yellow infobar appear
inside of IE.

You sure the infobar is telling you about an ActiveX download or execute
instead of a file download? When you right-click on the infobar, what
are the content menu choices?

I don't recall that you ever mentioned what was the message in the
infobar. Does it say, "Your security settings do not allow websites to
use ActiveX control installed on your computer ..."? If so, ask the web
site owner if they have a non-AX version of their web page(s) to
eliminate IE detecting that they do use AX and is telling the user that
the site wants the user to use AX.

The infobar will show up if a web site tries to run active content on
your computer. IE is just complying with the web site's wishes. So see
if they have a non-AX version of their pages, don't go there, or bitch
to the site owner that they should do a test if AX is enabled and, if
not, then present non-AX pages.

You could disable the Active Scripting option (under the Scripting
section) but I suspect that also means you lose Javascripts along with
AX support.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154036 (see Note on Jscript disabled)
http://browsers.about.com/od/interne...tivescript.htm

For those sites where you do want them to run their Javascript code in
their web pages, you'll have to add to your Trusted Sites security zone
where Active Scripting is still enabled.

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message news:gj6lnb$uh6$1@news.motzarella.org...
> Gary Brandenburg wrote:
>
>> "James" <no@email.com> wrote in message
>> news:OK3NNaFaJHA.5440@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message
>>> news:gj4tle$5ls$1@news.motzarella.org...
>>>> James wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IE advanced settings:
>>>>>> - ActiveX controls
>>>>>> Automatic prompting
>>>>>> Disabled = You get the yellow infobar.
>>>>>> Enabled = You get a popup dialog window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neither setting gets rid of a prompt. It only changes what kind of
>>>>>> prompt you get: infobar or popup window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since you don't want to be prompted about them, presumably you also
>>>>>> don't want AX controls to run within IE. What happens when you set:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Run ActiveX and plug-ins"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to Disabled?
>>>>>
>>>>> When I disable active-x and plug-ins, I get a yellow info bar at the top of
>>>>> active-x sites. I want active-x disabled and no bar, is this possible? And
>>>>> sorry about the new thread, somehow I thought my other one had been dead for
>>>>> 2 weeks, but turns out the last response for 3 days ago.
>>>>
>>>> My next guess is to disable "Download of AX controls". There is this
>>>> option for both signed and unsigned objects. The default is Prompt and
>>>> maybe why you see that infobar. If set to Disabled then maybe the
>>>> browser will quit seeing that the web site is offering an AX control or
>>>> no longer prompt you that they want you to get one.
>>>
>>> Everything under Active-X section in security section of IE options is disabled.
>>> But I still see the yellow info bar at the top of web sites, when I click on it
>>> and
>>> read the 'more information' it says to disable the info bar I need to enable
>>> "automatic prompting," when I do that it makes no difference and the yellow info
>>> bar still appears. I just want the yellow info bar not to appear.
>>
>> James-
>>
>> Have you tried to set the: "Allow previously unused ActiveX controls to run
>> without
>> prompt" & "Run ActiveX controls and plugins" to enabled?
>>
>> ~Gary
>
> It was my understanding that James doesn't want to RUN anything
> involving AX controls downloaded to his host (although apparently
> downloading Java applets and running Javascript locally is okay).

I wasn't sure if the issue was the prompts or running ActiveX without them.

~Gary

Clicking on a youtube video on youtube will result in a yellow info bar that
I am talking about.
The info bar says "Your security settings do not allow websites to use
ActiveX controls installed on your computer.
This page may not display correctly. Click here for options..." and the only
option is "more information."
Usually I have youtube added to my trusted sites so youtube isn't the issue,
the issue is websites with flash ads that I don't want to add to my trusted
sites. But they only cause the yellow info bar occassionally and at random.
I want to surf these sites without worrying about some flash ad infecting my
computer, that is the point of disabling activex, and it's not possible to
ask every site owner whose site I visit on the internet to give me a
non-activeX version, that's quite unreasonable a solution. I just thought
there would be an option somewhere so you could disable the yellow info bar
while still having the activeX controls disabled. The yellow info bar's
"more info" option specifically states that "enabling" "activex
auto-prompting" will remove the yellow bar, but on multiple PCs this option
does not remove the yellow info bar. Thanks for trying though.