Microsoft plans to add ActiveX blocking capabilities into certain versions of its Internet Explorer browsers on Aug. 12. However, the actual blocking effect will only start to take effect for Oracle ...

Microsoft today announced an important Internet Explorer update that will block out-of-date ActiveX controls. It will be released along with the next Windows update and other security updates coming ...

ActiveX blocking capabilities will be making their way to Internet Explorer browsers on Aug. 12, according to Microsoft. That's the date when the new ActiveX blocking capabilities will start to appear ...

ActiveX Controls are applications that help websites provide users with high data content like videos and certain games. Other than this, they assist users to access content like toolbars and stock ...

My 2008R2 Citrix servers are on IE9. We have a large portion of users who can barely operate a mouse. Biggest issue I've had so far is the damn ActiveX Filtering ability. Our users have apparently ...

Last month, Microsoft posted a security advisory that detailed "active, targeted attacks leveraging a potential vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access." The ...

According to sources close to the project, ActiveX filtering will be a part of the Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate. According to WinRumors: “The filter will allow users to control what ActiveX ...

The Windows Media Player 7/9 has a rich set of control functions that can be called from Javascript in the Web page. Calling these from Javascript is the same whether you're in Mozilla or Internet ...

Windows 10 will ship with a new web browser called Microsoft Edge. PC users will still be able to use Internet Explorer, but Microsoft is really pushing its new browser which features a new rendering ...

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In your pages, you can test for the presence of the Windows Media ActiveX control with the following JavaScript: 01 var player; 02 var plugin; 03 var hasActiveX=false ...