Embedding and ActiveX

If I wanted to embed an swf, is there any way I could bypass the ActiveX control bloxx in Internet Explorer. I'm making a website with an animated header, but on certain versions of IE, it won't load until you give it permission.

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No, the permission prompt is intentionally present for security (and I believe legal) purposes.

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Well, that's sort of what I thought. And it would be wrong to assume that all users would know to left click the yellow bar at the top of the page, click ActiveX controls, and then click yes. What I really wanna know (besides whooo are you who who who who) is why this is the default setting in IE6&7.

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Mumblefratz

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why this is the default setting in IE6&7

for security (and I believe legal) purposes

Personally I disable all active content from automatic execution that I can in FF and/or IE7. This includes activeX and java and anything else that looks suspicious. Sometimes that causes me trouble on a few sites but usually not and it makes me feel safer even though it probably doesn't actually really make me any safer.

But then I'm a dinosaur. I just don't want my machine executing someone else's code just on general principles.

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IE doesn't block Java or Javascript, so it can hardly be considered secure... Not to mention you can create viruses that are downloaded on viewing a page that run themselves. It seems they should let .swf files just play automatically, they're not that big of a threat.

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is why this is the default setting in IE6&7.

See here. Apparently the extra click is removed now though if you get a system update (hadn't heard about that).

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