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How to determine a Missing ActiveX control
I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware. Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite. Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an ActiveX control (etc)"? Thanks!!! |
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:46:34 -0500, "Bill"
wrote: I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware. Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite. Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an ActiveX control (etc)"? Thanks!!! Bill, Try Start Run and enter dxdiag. Happy Holidays Everyone, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ |
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The application that attempts to use the control will tell you it's missing.
What are the symptoms that you are seeing? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Bill" wrote in message ... I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware. Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite. Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an ActiveX control (etc)"? Thanks!!! |
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Win98SE, IE6, 576M RAM, P3/650
I've got Office 2000. On any boot or reboot, Office & IE6 applications start normally. However, at some point, if I start an Office application or IE, the application will hang for 2 minutes before opening. Adobe Acrobat is also affected, except that Acrobat will hang and then crash after 2 minutes. I've uninstalled & reinstalled Acrobat, I've done detect & repair on Office and IE, I've been thorough in scanning for viruses & spyware. It's not heat related. Basically, at some point an application does SOMETHING that affects the startup of these applications. Running applications are not affected. Here's a quirk of IE6 when this happens: "File New Window" is not affected by the 2 minute delay, but all other methods of opening IE6 are. Any clues??? "Jeff Richards" wrote in message ... The application that attempts to use the control will tell you it's missing. What are the symptoms that you are seeing? -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Bill" wrote in message ... I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware. Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite. Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an ActiveX control (etc)"? Thanks!!! |
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My Office 2000 used to hang and die until I applied all 75 megs of
updates for Office. Have you? http://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspx Windows\Downloaded Program Files folder will have your ActiveX controls. Those marked damaged should be removed with right click choice, when you need it, it will redownload and reinstall. Not a big problem and I doubt this is where the hang up is. Try Script package and test your Java. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en http://www.javatester.org/ http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm |
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It could be a damaged ActiveX control, or it could be any other component.
Without more specific diagnosis there's no way to tell. Does Adobe provide any usable message when it crashes? The usual reason for a delay like this is something attempting to access a network resource, such as across the LAN or Internet, and the resource is not available. Viruses and trojans behave like this, hence your scan to be sure you are not infected It can be as simple as a file listed in the Most Recently Used file list that is on a network resource that is no longer accessible. About the only thing I can suggest is that you try to pin the exact occurrence of the event down, perhaps by removing items that are starting automatically at boot time, or removing unnecessary hardware, to see if you can identify anything that affects the behaviour. While I don't think Activex is any more likely than any other components, if you want to follow through on that suspicion you could start at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=154544 Description of ActiveX Technologies -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Bill" wrote in message ... Win98SE, IE6, 576M RAM, P3/650 I've got Office 2000. On any boot or reboot, Office & IE6 applications start normally. However, at some point, if I start an Office application or IE, the application will hang for 2 minutes before opening. Adobe Acrobat is also affected, except that Acrobat will hang and then crash after 2 minutes. I've uninstalled & reinstalled Acrobat, I've done detect & repair on Office and IE, I've been thorough in scanning for viruses & spyware. It's not heat related. Basically, at some point an application does SOMETHING that affects the startup of these applications. Running applications are not affected. Here's a quirk of IE6 when this happens: "File New Window" is not affected by the 2 minute delay, but all other methods of opening IE6 are. Any clues??? |
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"Bill Watt" wrote in message ... On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:46:34 -0500, "Bill" wrote: I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware. Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite. Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an ActiveX control (etc)"? Thanks!!! Bill, Try Start Run and enter dxdiag. That does a DirectX diagnostic - NOT an ActiveX diagnostic. |
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On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:09:59 -0500, "Bill"
wrote: Try Start Run and enter dxdiag. That does a DirectX diagnostic - NOT an ActiveX diagnostic. Sorry, got the X's mixed up. Happy New Year everyone, Bill Watt Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/ |
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