JSI Tip 0763. IE Msg: "This page provides potentially unsafe information to an ActiveX Control.".

Jerold Schulman

October 12, 1998

1 Min Read
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If you receive

   This page provides potentially unsafe information to an   ActiveX Control. Your current security settings prohibit   running controls in this manner. As a result, this page   may not display correctly.when you start Internet Explorer version 4.0, and/or    Microsoft Internet Explorer   An ActiveX Control on this page is not safe.  Your current   security settings prohibit running controls on this page.   As a result, this page may not display as intended.

when you click on a drive in My Computer or in NT Explorer, you are probably running Office 97 and you used the Eraser97.exe utility.

To fix this problem, reinstall Comcat.dll:

1. Copy Comcat.dll from the System folder of the Office 97 CD to %Systemroot%System32.

2. Start / Run: Regsvr32 c:winntsystem32comcat.dll

3. Click OK. You should receive DllRegisterServer in c:winntsystem32comcat.dll succeeded.

4. Get an unpdated version of Eraser97.exe.

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