NotRequired
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instead of doing all of this, »IE Security,
would it just be easier to go into INTERNET EXPLORER & REMOVE THE FOLDER (or all of its ACTIVE X )
WOULD IT STILL WORK OK,
"J"
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dave
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| What folder? That article talks about modifying attributes of CLSID registry keys.
Mele20  says there is a 'Just fix it' link in the KB article. That is surely the easiest way. |
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|  said by dave :What folder? That article talks about modifying attributes of CLSID registry keys. Mele20 says there is a 'Just fix it' link in the KB article. That is surely the easiest way. Which I've used on a couple of XP machines, its so easy a caveman could do it, and I recommend it.
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NotRequired
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to all those tha say "WHAR FOLDER if you would have read the instructions,(above "fixit" you would have seen how to get to ""the AXCTVEX FOLDER
since all you have to do is type in regedit & go from there to find it the active X folder.
this why I asked about te active X folder & takeing it out
and the fixit is for
""Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals"".
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Cudni
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| MS might have issued the advisory for IT professionals but Fix it is everybody else
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To have us fix this problem for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you’d rather fix this problem yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.
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so using Fix It is the easiest solution whereas going to registry would be for IT professionals and not as easy
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dave
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said by NotRequired :all you have to do is type in regedit & go from there to find it the active X folder. Well, there you are. The registry, as displayed by regedit, doesn't contain anything called 'folders'.
It contains 'hives' (like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE), which contain 'keys' (most of the things in the left pane), each of which has several 'values' (the things in the right pane).
I concede that regedit uses for hives and keys the same little icon that many programs use for disk folders, but it never occurred to me that by 'folder' you meant 'registry key'.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
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NotRequired
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said by NotRequired :to all those tha say " WHAR FOLDER if you would have read the instructions,(above "fixit" you would have seen how to get to ""the AXCTVEX FOLDERsince all you have to do is type in regedit & go from there to find it the active X folder. this why I asked about te active X folder & takeing it out and the fixit is for ""Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals"". ========================================= but for those that asked heres & either couldn't find the Microsoft Internet Explorer ACTIVE X FOLDER=this is want I was asking ?why not just delete it all & would it hurt anything?
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dave
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1 edit | ?why not just delete it all & would it hurt anything? You'd have to look into the question of whether the non-existence of the key means "everything is permitted" or "everything is prohibited". For security, the former would be a disaster.
I don't know the answer to that. I am sure that the answer could be found with a little research, but really, why bother? There is a simple solution already available, as recommended by the manufacturer of the software. Wholesale registry surgery may work as well, but on the other hand, it may not. |
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Argonite
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To restate what Dave said, there IS NO ACTIVEX FOLDER, a little yellow picture does not make a folder, what you see in regedit are: hives, keys, values.
I STRONGLY suggest you do not modify your registry entries and use the Microsoft provided "fix it for me" to address the issue. It works quite well. If you do choose to edit the registry make sure to back it up first. |
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said by NotRequired :but for those that asked heres & either couldn't find the Microsoft Internet Explorer ACTIVE X FOLDER=this is want I was asking ?why not just delete it all & would it hurt anything? You could always make a backup of your registry first, then delete the ActiveX hive. If that breaks anything, restore the registry to its pre-deletion state. For you however, I'd recommend using the simple fix it solution already suggested. |
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