Hello all, I am trying to remove Macromedia Flash player from IE 6.0 and have successfully done so. Why? Because it helps eliminate a TON of annoying pop up ads in sites that I like to view allot. Good bye adds! Anyways, that's not my problem. After removing Macromedia Flash, I would always get prompted to install it when I went to a page that used it. Selecting 'No' will work only once. Every other time I went to that same page, I was prompted again to install it, very annoying since I told the damn thing NO! :) So, I blocked all certificates from Macromedia, and now whenever I go to a page that uses Flash, I get this error message: "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly." Obviously, it's displaying this because I won't let it install Flash. Clicking 'OK' on the error makes it goes away, but it will still pop up every time I go to a site that uses Flash. What's my problem? I want to get rid of that error without having to install Flash, which is nothing but an annoying advertising tool now in my opinion. I'm hoping that someone can point me to a place in the registry to get rid of this thing. Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance! Dave Gallagher dave_Gallagher@hotmail.com

Stop going to the sites that use Flash or reinstall flash and enjoy the site as they intended you to do so. Are you sure it is not something else causing the pop-up ads because I have Flash and I get no pop-ups?

I don't understand going through all that when you can download a popup killer to stop the majority of them in there tracks, even a good security program like zone alarm would help stop them.

Does anyone have a real answer. I also would like to know how to get rid of that annoying message: "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly." Because I have very restricted security settings for most Internet sites, I am frequently bombarded with the above error message. Microsoft's solution to me is to reduce my security settings to their default values. Yeah thanks Microsoft... I suppose if I was having trouble with my house key fitting into the door lock on my house, Microsoft's solution would be to remove the lock. Real helpful {sigh}. Anyway, if someone has a real solution to Dave's problem, I'd love to hear it.

I had a user with the same problem and was able to get rid of it by installing directx. Because of your problem, I first installed flash but that did not correct the problem. Hope it works for you.

Just like user "AnyMouse", I would love to see a real way to get rid of that annoying "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly." message. The error is caused by disabling ActiveX and then encountering a page that uses ActiveX. Real pathetic design by MS - I guess they are trying to force us to use ActiveX, but I won't use it. So, if anyone has a way (or wants to write a little app) to get rid of the message, it would be most welcome. I can't find any way, except using a button-presser program to press the dialog automatically. But that's a real lame way to fix the problem - the dialog should not come up in the first place. Thanks!

Never thought of using the host file to block until seeing it on another site which in part reads... Prevent Internet Explorer from prompting you to install Flash: a. Click Start, then Run, and enter this command: notepad %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts A Notepad window should appear with a file in which most of the lines begin with "#". b. At the bottom of the file, add the following line: 0.0.0.0 download.macromedia.com activex.microsoft.com active.macromedia.com I found this site because of looking for the solution myself and don't know if this solution will work but seems it should. The 0.0.0.0 prefix may not be necessary.