Every time I open the windows update page a box appears reading....

Your current security settings prohibit running Active X controls on this
page. As a result, the page may not display correctly.

Then the page opens with an error code # 0X8DDD0004.

My security settings are set at medium (default) Almost all pages I open on
the internet give me the Active X problem box. I can't remember when I was
last able to do a windows update. Can someone please point me in the right
direction.

dcash wrote:

> Every time I open the windows update page a box appears reading....
>
> Your current security settings prohibit running Active X controls on this
> page. As a result, the page may not display correctly.
>
> Then the page opens with an error code # 0X8DDD0004.
>
> My security settings are set at medium (default) Almost all pages I open on
> the internet give me the Active X problem box. I can't remember when I was
> last able to do a windows update. Can someone please point me in the right
> direction.
Hi,

A shot in the dark here, see if this helps:

Download the file OLEfix.zip available here (it is a registry file
that origin from MS Support, and it has fixed an ActiveX problem
for several people, getting this problem after installing KB896688):

http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/OLEfix.zip

Extract it and double click the contained OLEfix.reg file. Click Yes
on the dialog box that asks you if you are sure to add the information
in OLEfix.reg to the registry.

You may have to reboot your machine afterwards.




--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

That didn't seem to help at all. But thank you for the reply.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> dcash wrote:
>
> > Every time I open the windows update page a box appears reading....
> >
> > Your current security settings prohibit running Active X controls on this
> > page. As a result, the page may not display correctly.
> >
> > Then the page opens with an error code # 0X8DDD0004.
> >
> > My security settings are set at medium (default) Almost all pages I open on
> > the internet give me the Active X problem box. I can't remember when I was
> > last able to do a windows update. Can someone please point me in the right
> > direction.
> Hi,
>
> A shot in the dark here, see if this helps:
>
> Download the file OLEfix.zip available here (it is a registry file
> that origin from MS Support, and it has fixed an ActiveX problem
> for several people, getting this problem after installing KB896688):
>
> http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/OLEfix.zip
>
> Extract it and double click the contained OLEfix.reg file. Click Yes
> on the dialog box that asks you if you are sure to add the information
> in OLEfix.reg to the registry.
>
> You may have to reboot your machine afterwards.
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>