Learn how to use and customize ActiveX controls and filtering in Internet Explorer. 6.Scroll down to the ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins section. 7.Change Download Signed ActiveX Controls to PROMPT. 8.Close Internet Explorer then re-open Internet Explorer. Microsoft created ActiveX for the Internet Explorer browser to properly play various types of media. Although the tool was designed specifically for Internet Explorer.
1. Visit http://www.ocxt.com/officeviewer.htm test page. This website wants to install the Edraw Office Viewer Component add-on from EDRAW LIMITED. Click the install.2. To use Edraw ActiveX Control, you need to add the website at the IE trust site list.
3.If your IE security level is not the default IE setting, please make sure the following options are checked.
Check the Enable option at the 'Run ActiveX Control and plug-ins' item.
Check the Enable option at the 'Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting*' item.
Check the Prompt option at the 'Download Signed ActiveX Control' item.
Right-click on the icon you use to launch Internet Explorer and select Run as Administrator. Choose to Allow this operation if prompted.
Now, go to your web site.
Click 'The site might require the following Activex control: Edraw Office Viewer Component from Edraw Limited, Click here to install.' on the bar.
Click Install officeviewer.cab when the security warning comes up.
If you cant not see the Internet Information Security Bar
You may have turned off the Information Bar. It will need to be turned on to successfully install our ActiveX control.
1.Right-click on the icon you use to launch Internet Explorer and select Run as Administrator. Choose to Allow this operation if prompted.
2.Once in Internet Explorer browser, click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon and select Internet Options.
3.In Internet Explorer browser, click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon and select Internet Options.
4.Click the Security tab.
5.Click Custom Level.
6.Scroll down to the ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins section.
7.Change Download Signed ActiveX Controls to PROMPT.
8.Close Internet Explorer then re-open Internet Explorer.
9.Return to your web site.
You should see the Information Bar below the Internet Explorer Address Bar, with the message 'The site might require the following ActiveX control 'officeviewer.cab'. Click here to install.'
10.Click anywhere on the bar.
11.Click Install officeviewer.cab when the security warning comes up.
If you don't have administrator access rights
Ask your system administrator to log into your computer as a user with Administrator user rights.
Have your administrator log into your project website and install the ActiveX control.
If you have done all of the above, have Windows Administrator access, and still cannot load the ActiveX Control, you will need to check the settings on your Internet Explorer. It may have be set up so that it will not allow downloads to your computer.
Add your project web site to IE Trusted Sites
1.In Internet Explorer browser, click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon and select Internet Options.
2.Click the Security tab and select the Trusted Sites zone.
3.Click the Sites button.
4.Under 'Add this Web site to the zone:', type your project web site.
5.Click Add, then click OK.
Check your Security Settings in Internet Explorer
1.In Internet Explorer browser, click Tools in the upper toolbar or click on the Tools icon and select Internet Options.
2.Click the Security tab and select the Trusted sites zone.
3.Click the Custom Level button.
4.Under ActiveX control and plug-ins check the following:
- Allow Scriptlets set to Enable
- Automatic Prompting for ActiveX controls set to Enable.
- Binary and Script behaviors set to Enable
- Download signed ActiveX controls set to Prompt
- Download unsigned ActiveX controls set to Prompt
- Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe set to Disable
- Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins set to Enable
- Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting set to Enable
Click OK
5.Click the Advanced tab in the security section and make sure that 'Do not save encrypted pages to disk' is not checked.
6.Click OK.
7.Close the browser window launch IE and attempt to install ActiveX.
Manual Installation of ActiveX
If all else ways fail, you can try our manual installation tool. You need regsvr32 the officeviewer.ocx file. Then put the EDOfficeViewerX.dll in the same file folder with the officeviewer.ocx file.
Step:
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1. Create a text file then change the file extend name as .bat.
2. In the file, you can type: regsvr32 ' c:testofficeviewer.ocx'
3. Save and close the file.
4. Right click the bat file then Run it as administrator.
How to Turn on ActiveX in Firefox, Chrome
The component can only work at the IE6/7/8/9. If you want to use it at the Mozila Firefox, you need to install the ActiveX control support add in in the FireFox.
Microsoft created ActiveX for the Internet Explorer browser to properly play various types of media. Although the tool was designed specifically for Internet Explorer, when using Firefox, you will sometimes come across a website instructing you to install ActiveX to view media properly. For that reason, Mozilla has created a plug-in that will allow ActiveX to be enabled in Firefox.
Instructions
To test the demo page in our site, please add the website at the IE trust Site List.
To work with the Firefox or chrome, you need to use the ff-activex-host or IE Tab Plus or other add-ons.
IE Tab:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ie-tab-plus-ff-36/
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Hello Carmine,
I apologies for the late response.
I would suggest you to boot the computer in Normal Startup Using System Configuration and check if the issue persists.
To do so, please follow the steps given below:
1. Click on the Start button.
2. Type “msconfig” (without any quotes) in the start search box and press Enter.
3. System Configuration windows will be open.
2. Click on the General tab located at the top of the System Configuration window.
3. Then choose the Normal startup radio button (on the General tab) and then tap or click on Apply and Ok.
4. You'll be prompted with the restart your computer question. Then click on Restart.
Your computer will restart and Windows will start normally.
Refer the link: Using System Configuration
Note: Do not make changes in System Configuration other than those outlined here to avoid causing serious system issues. This utility controls a number of startup activities other than those involved with Safe Mode.
Note: After troubleshooting, refer to this section ‘How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting’.
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