http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: activex en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:35 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/activex#post-10062 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:43:52 +0000 jd2066 10062@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ActiveX is widely known for it's use in Internet Explorer to allow the use of plugins in web pages.<br /> It has in the past been criticized for allowing total control of the computer when an ActiveX control is installed.<br /> In Windows Vista Internet Explorer has Protected Mode that limits the access ActiveX controls have to the computer.<br /> Also many popular plugins like Flash, Java and Quicktime all use it in their plugins for Internet Explorer.<br /> I think it was a mistake for The Geek to recommend disabling something related to ActiveX without a proper explanation of what it's for.<br /> I'm going to let The Geek know that so the article can be updated. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/activex#post-10060 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:44:37 +0000 whs 10060@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p><a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/activex#post-10057 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:27:54 +0000 donjudy2003 10057@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>What is active x control. The geek recommended to disable it. don </p>