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Re: "Your current security settings prohibit ActiveX.. Hi All:
A quick followup on this topic. I was asked via IM how one can tell what sources for content a web page is drawing from, such as in the case we saw with that Abit page. Here's what I wrote in the ReadMe for IE-SPYAD:
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How can I tell which entry is causing
a problem with a web site?
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Web pages can draw content from multiple sources, including third party sources. Thus, for example, you might visit www.cnn.com and encounter a widget on that page that doesn't work. But that widget isn't being drawn from cnn.com (which isn't even IE-SPYAD). In this case, you'll have to identify the sources for the content on cnn.com's home page. It's likely that the widget is being pulled from some third-party source (say, doubleclick.net) that IS in IE-SPYAD's list of Restricted domains and servers. If you can identify the source for content that isn't working, you can then remove the entry which is causing the problem from the Restricted sites zone.
It can be a bit tricky to identify all the sources for a web page's content. One good tip-off that a web page is drawing content from multiple sources is the "Mixed" zone icon that you might see in the bottom right-hand corner of Internet Explroer. A "Mixed" zone means that a web page is drawing content from multiple sources which fall into different zones. One of those sources is likely in the Restricted sites zone.
There are several ways to identify all the sources for a web page's content:
1. Info on the page itself
Hover your mouse over images (esp. banner ads) and other links and watch the bottom band of Internet Explorer, which previews the sites which are linked to. You can also right-click on images and look at the "Properties" for those images. Either method will provide some indication as to where page content is being drawn from.
2. The IE6 Privacy Report
In Internet Explorer 6.0, go "View" >> "Privacy Report." The Privacy Report gives you a rundown of "Web sites with content on the page."
3. Personal firewall logs
Most personal firewalls provide logging of some sort, and you can look through your firewall's logs to get some indication of the sources for a page's content.
4. View the HTML source
Go "View" >> "Source" to open the HTML source for a page. Looking through HTML can be a pain, but it does reveal all the sources for page content. Note: if the site uses frames, you'll have to open the framed page separately (right click on the framed page, then "Open Frame in New Window"). Then you can "View" >> "Source."
It's not always difficult to track down the specific entry in the Restricted sites zone that's causing a web site not to work, but sometimes it does require some patience.
Hope the above is of assistance to someone.
Best,
Eric L. Howes |
