Re: Less is more!
- From: Wendy Gray <newsgrps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:39:50 GMT
In message <a46ac5d84d.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4dd8b5a72ejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> John M Ward <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In article <866cb6d84d.Wendy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Wendy Gray <newsgrps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > For once I am heartily glad that our wonderful platform LACKS an
> > > internet 'feature'. I am, of course, refering to those *!$!* ActiveX
> > > pop-ups.
> >
> > Oh goodness -- those things!
> >
> > > They used to appear at work only occasionally, now it's at
> > > least one per screen and I'm sick of clicking 'NOOOO!!!!'.
> >
> > That's bad! I wonder why that's happening so much...
> >
> > > Sometimes the pop-ups just appear anyway. Thank goodness Oregano
> > > kills them dead! (I've asked the technician to do 'whatever' to a
> > > 'registry' in the network, but it ain't happened yet.)
> >
> > I'd press them on this, and also look at the browser's options as I am
> > fairly sure there should be choices about how to handle (or even if to
> > allow) ActiveX stuff like that. I'm assuming you can set options, as I
> > can well imagine that some places would have that disabled, in part if
> > not entirely.
> >
> > > Therefore, in any future upgrades of Oregano, please can it be kept
> > > ActiveX incompatible?
> >
> > Sort of "InactiveX"...
> >
>
> You've probably got two different things. One is browser pop-ups, and
> switching to Firefox as your browser is a good start to getting rid of them,
> as it doesn't run activeX.
>
> Alternatively block ActiveX in IE. You may wish to block it when run from
> local sites as well as the internet. Internet Options, Security tab. Select
> Internet, Click Custom Level, go down to the ActiveX controls and plug-ins
> section. Turn all sections to disabled. Note that Windows Update now will
> NOT work. Do the same if you wish for the local zone.
>
> My choice would be to use IE only for Windows Update (where the ActiveX is
> essential) and Firefox for everything else.
>
> The second type of pop-ups are Messenger service messages, which are caused
> by third parties making use of the Messenger port to force an on-screen
> message. One particularly prevalent one is along the lines of
>
> "Your registry is corrupt. Visit the following web site for help"
>
> You stop these by disabling the Messenger service (which is not the same
> thing as Windows Messenger). Use the services control, (My Computer,
> right-click, Manage, Services and Applications, Services. Find Messenger,
> select Properties, change Automatic to Disables, and click Stop.)
>
> If your site wants the messenger service running, so that the Admins can
> send you messages, e.g. "server XXY is going down, please log out", then
> you should suggest to them that they block the Messenger port at the
> incoming router/firewall.
>
>
Thanks. I'll give these instructions to the Sys Admin when we next 'have
words'!
Wendy
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