ActiveX controls in Windows2000

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Andrew,

The "Cause" in the article you linked:
  "This behavior can occur if you do not have
   permission to write to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
   registry hive or the Downloaded Program Files 
   folder on your computer."
indicates you must have write or modify (probably modify) permissions to
both locations to run their activeX.  
Administrators have full cotrol of the registry hives, so the activeX
control works fine.
Users do not.  You said you changed the permissions of the "Downloaded
Program Files" folder, you also need to determine where AncestryPlus is
trying to modify the registry (the specific folder in the hive, which
hopefully is nested pretty deep) and grant the Users modify permissions to
that folder.

Another possibly easier way might be to add the AncestryPlus site to the
"Trusted sites" zone in IE.  Tools --> Internet Options --> Security --
Trusted Sites --> Sites --> Add
I haven't found an easier way in Netscape, though.  

-Aaron
:-)'

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mutch [mailto:amutch at WATERFORD.LIB.MI.US]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:24 AM
To: LIBNT-L at LISTSERV.UTK.EDU
Subject: ActiveX controls in Windows2000


Hi all,

I posted this message to Web4Lib but thought someone here might be able to
help too.
See more details below.

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I recently posted the question below about being unable to run ActiveX
controls
while
logged on as a User on Windows2000. I found the relevant MS KB article that
covers
this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q240897

Unfortunately, we don't use either of the MS technologies listed to work
around this

problem. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to workaround this problem?
Giving
patrons Power User permissions, which does allow the ActiveX control to run
is not
an
option. I've also found that you can set permissions on the folder where
ActiveX
controls are stored in Windows2000, "Downloaded Program Files" (in Winnt\).

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI



Andrew Mutch wrote:

> I've just been informed by my librarians that AncestryPlus is using a new
plug-in
> for viewing the 1930 Census images. This plug-in is called the "Advanced
Image
> Viewer". This new plugin apparently gives you much better control over the
viewing

> and panning of the images.
>
> With IE, you can download and install the plugin. I did this logged on as
> Administrator on a PC running Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 6 and
Public Web
> Browser. When you browse to the appropriate page in AncestryPlus, the
plugin loads

> automatically. However, when I logged in using our patron account, which
has just
> "User" permissions, and browse to the page where I can check the plugin, I
get an
> error stating that the security settings are preventing the ActiveX
control from
> loading.
>
> Now, as far as I can remember, I haven't changed the security settings in
the
> Internet Zone under this patron account. So those security settings within
IE that

> control ActiveX controls should be the same for the patron account as they
are for

> the Administrator. Is there somewhere else that the security settings
could be
> blocking the ActiveX control from loading? Perhaps permissions on a
directory? I
> haven't seen this problem with ActiveX controls on our public Internet
computers,
> which have the same security setup.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Andrew Mutch
> Library Systems Technician
> Waterford Township Public Library
> Waterford, MI