Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Macromedia - ActiveX issues ("click to activate and use this control")

Recently I was getting strange behaviour with ActiveX (mostly Flash Files) in Internet Explorer, where the Active content had to be clicked to be activated first (when hovering over the control, the message "click to activate and use this control" appears).

How annoying, especially since Flash sites are usually design-oriented sites, and a big dotted gray border doesn't really add to my idea of being 'stylish'.

The resolution is to remove the recent Windows Update (or better, not to install it at all):

Adobe - Macromedia Flash Player: "Update for Windows XP (KB912945)"

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At 5:53 PM , Blogger fixerupper0 said...

Click to activate and use this control - KB912812

If you’re an Internet Explorer user and have recently encountered a “Click to activate and use this control” tool-tip which forces you to click on any ActiveX control, such as Flash, Java Applets and other objects then you’re not alone. Download the fix.

GET THE FIX HERE

href="http://capitalhead.com/articles/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control---kb912812.aspx

 

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