# active x controls

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-x-controls/67240>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-x-controls/67240 "2001-06-01T18:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZRUDEDOG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/51bf81/32.png) [@ZRUDEDOG13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZRUDEDOG13)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-x-controls/67240/1 "2001-06-01T18:13:33Z")

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It seems like every time I pull up a web page,  
a message box comes up that asks; would you like to  
allow sofware such as active x controls and plug  
ins.

Does anybody know how to keep my computer from asking  
this?

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-x-controls/67240/2 "2001-06-01T20:09:24Z")

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Yes. Don’t use IE.

If you insist on it, there’s probably a setting under the security options to disallow all active-x controls, but I don’t know precisely where or how.