[Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

[Julian Tenney]

1.       Google made some changes recently. I have no idea, but the list search is a google search...

2.       You're further on than I am. Is this IE9? I've not come across the protected mode setting before, but if it didn't work, then you changed nothing but that, and then it did work, then I guess it must be... those changes might only take when you restart the browser though: did you restart after checking the usual box?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 09 March 2011 12:00
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

Hi Julian/all
a couple of reasons for posting a reply to this older topic...

1. In response to the recent question about tts I tried searching the list archives via and used Active X changes in web browsers as the search term but it didn't find the thread below. Thinking about Johnathan's thread about not finding messages he posted either I'm wondering if something has gone awry with the list search?

2. Also to update the thread below with what I've found in relation to the tts problem I had: I compared and matched the settings for Internet zone and Local Intranet zone because I was getting TTS working via a http://localhost install but not a web based url. However what I noticed was that the Internet zone had the Enable protected mode checked whereas the local intranet zone didn't have this checked. Un-checking this for Internet zone got TTS working again for web based URL's.

So we know that the active x setting that must be set to prompt or enabled is "Initialise and script active x controls not marked as safe for scripting" but is it also the case that "Enable Protected mode" must be unchecked? That's certainly the case for me but just wondering if there's another combination of some sort that stops the TTS from working if Protected mode is enabled?

Cheers
Ron

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 16 February 2011 08:00
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

For all zones? Where is the content playing from? The local machine zone can't be easily accessed anymore, but does have its own settings...

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 15 February 2011 16:43
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

Well in changing setting on my laptop to try to verify this I'm now not getting any sound from the TTS :-( I get sound from other sources and still get prompted when selecting the TTS options but when I then tab around no TTS is heard - which I hadn't tried testing this now!

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 15 February 2011 16:31
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

The only one I've ever had to change is 'Initialise and script Active X Controls not marked as safe for scripting'. Pretty certain about that. The ActiveX control in question is the Microsoft SAPI one, and it's part of windows: it doesn't need downloading. Why they can't mark it as safe beats me: why shouldn't Microsoft software distributed as part of a Microsoft OS running in a Microsoft browser be anything other than completely safe?

;-)

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 15 February 2011 16:28
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

I'm wondering if one setting prompts for the control if it's already installed and the other (the unsigned one) prompts for it to download if it's not already available? I just seem to recall having to change that setting in order to get it to work on presentation machines when delivering training. However I could be wrong as it's often a last minute thing to try to get working before a training session and often on machines that have all the settings locked down. Not sure I can properly test on my laptop because it works already which obviously means that the control is already available.

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 15 February 2011 15:39
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

No, it's the one for "Initialise and script active x controls not marked as safe for scripting" to prompt, at least for the TTS - were you thinking of something else?

Unsigned ones should be left alone, I think...?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 15 February 2011 15:29
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Active X changes in web browsers

The main one is changing unsigned activex controls to prompt rather than disabled. Alistair and I were talking about guidnace on this recently and Alistair did a screenshot of his long scrolling list of settings - see attached.

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Andy Epps
Sent: 15 February 2011 15:16
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Active X changes in web browsers

Hi all

I have recently rolled out our institutional version of Xerte and remember Ron mentioning that you need to make some active x changes in your institutions browsers. Can somebody please clarify what these changes are as I remember that they make a significant improvement to the end users Xerte experience.

Thanks
Andy



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