"Robert" <magineeer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 12, 4:49 am, "Lil' Dave" <spamyours...@virus.net> wrote:
>> "Robert" <magine...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> > After setting up my sisters computer with DSL, and all the antivirus
>> > programs etc. It occurred to me that perhaps she wasn't current with
>> > Microsoft updates. So I went to the site but each time it came back
>> > with the following message:
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>> > The website has encountered a problem and cannot display the page you
>> > are trying to view.
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>> > At first I thought it was because she didn't have Active-X but she has
>> > it. I then found that she had Internet Explorer 6 and not 7 so I
>> > upgraded to that. Would that make a difference? Or is there something
>> > else I should look at next time I go over?
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>> > Thank you,
>> > Robert
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>> Check security setting in relation to ActiveX in IE.
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>> I don't have IE 7.0 installed here.
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> How do I check the security settings in relation to Active X? As far
> as the other questions it does have SP2, and IE7. In regards to the
> Firewall(Comodo) and Antivirus programs (AVG,A-Squared,and Spybot) I
> run these on my system with no problems whatsoever. In fact, when I
> got home I checked to see if I could get into the Microsoft download
> site and it did with no problem, even though I have the same set-up as
> she has, with the exception that I have a Dell Dimension 8200 and she
> has a Dell B110. However this should work and I'm just baffled why it
> doesn't?
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Internet Explorer-Tools-Internet Options-Security --select the Internet
zone. In the Security level section click Custom Level and check the options
selected to see that ActiveX is allowed.
While in the Security tab you could also add the MS update web page to the
Trusted sites list.
Switching to the Privacy tab you can set cookie and pop-up exceptions for MS
Updates if neccessary. Under the Sites button you can allow cookies and in
the Pop-up Blocker Settings allow pop-ups for the Updates web site. Or any
other web page that requires those in order to work properly.
Also in the IE Tools menu is the Manage Add-ons tool. If you select Enable
or Disable addons you can check or enable-disable the various ActiveX
controls, browser extensions, helper objects etc. that have been installed.
Check the Comodo firewall settings anyway and the Spy-Bot settings,
especially cookie and pop-up blocking settings. Putting the updates website
into any relevent exceptions lists might be simplest if you want to keep
security settings extra tight for everything else.