activex

magoogy

it seems now i dont even have this installed - could anyone help me install it please - have tried but getting nowhere...

thanks

albertross_2

Could you be more specific, are you getting an error in IE?

leesmithg

What activeX is it?

Where did you install it from?

magoogy

im not sure what it is or where from, but, ive had a few problems - it started when i got the windows isnt genuine and now i cant visit sites - some say need activex - i cant use hotmail iether.........

im going to restart i think

Quincy_3

Hi Magoogy

When posting just take a breath and then explain in your post whats happening, It may be that you just need to enable active X in IE or it maybe that IE has a problem, It wont have anything to do with windows validation. (me thinks) :think:

Can you explain a tad more please or even put a link to the site wharer this problem occurs, cheers.

sco0ter

Actually... there has been reports of Messenger 8 and IE7 as well as media player 11 playing up when the invalid windows message is recieved.. Its all to do with the genuine advantage program and its supposed to "decay" the install of certain programs over time. Its because you need to validate these before installing and they still check after install. It was reported on the messenger live beta site at first.

Are you using any of these programs??

Quincy_3

sco0ter wrote:

Actually... there has been reports of Messenger 8 and IE7 as well as media player 11 playing up when the invalid windows message is recieved.. Its all to do with the genuine advantage program and its supposed to "decay" the install of certain programs over time. Its because you need to validate these before installing and they still check after install. It was reported on the messenger live beta site at first.

Are you using any of these programs??

Lol, Talk about MS lawsuits no wonder Bill shot off. :eek:

movieman

Its all to do with the genuine advantage program and its supposed to "decay" the install of certain programs over time.

But with Windows, how would that make a difference ?

leesmithg

C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files folder is where it's stored.

Sometimes it can get corrupted usually by spyware apps.

Check in there and see if it's empty.

sco0ter

The person was asking why ActiveX was not installed or running. If IE7 is indeed using a decay method then it will slowly stop working. The same with Messenger not accessing hotmail. This was never confirmed but a few people on the beta board definately had problems when the genuine error started appearing. It might just have been coincidence. Thats why I asked if the user was using any of the programs.

magoogy

scooter - im using all the ones you mentioned - do you think i should update them? thanks