someone please tell me this pops up when i try to playrobot rage on miniclip and its just a little x in the top right hsnd corner how do i make it go away so i can play the dang game?
2006-10-02 04:41:51 · 4 answers · asked by Neal P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
ActiveX is a technology developed by Microsoft. With an ActiveX-enabled browser (ie Internet Explorer only) ActiveX controls can be downloaded as part of a Web document to add functionality to the browser (similar to Java applets). In particular ActiveX enables seamless viewing of Windows files of all types, eg spreadsheets, and in combination with other technologies such as Java and scripting languages, makes possible the development of complex Web applications. ...
2006-10-02 04:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by WHY2KONE WS6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ActiveX was pushed out from Microsoft as a competitor to Java but it has an open security model of treating every program streamed from the 'Net as a safe and harmless one instead of Java's close model (suspicious of every program streamed from the 'Net as malicious unless told otherwise).
To counter the problem of some guy downloading a virus or something sneaky without knowing a simple signing and end-user acknowlegement is used to let you know the program was not tempered with, a dialog saying "Certificate" is going to pop out, say yes, allow it to run.
2006-10-02 11:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at the top of the browser when u click on a game, it will ask you what u want to do, ie install the active x cause sum are harmful to pc's but u need sum 2 play games like mini clip, also helps if i know what browser u are using, IE, firefox etc
2006-10-02 11:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by fbi_know 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have active X installed, you have to click the pop-up to get it.
2006-10-02 11:45:43 · answer #4 · answered by tom_casper_2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋