Active X

[haiunder]

To: all Proxomitron expert

Can Proxomitron overide Internet Explore 5.5 security seting?  I set IE 5.5 prompt me on Active X plug in.  I use allow ActiveX in my Proxomitron for allowing ActiveX in Microsoft Windows Update pages.  However, it still pop up asking me to allow ActiveX or not, every time I visit Window Udate.

Can any one help?

By the way, What does Proxomitron mean? Who genius came up with this powerful filter program?

Salute to Proxomitron!

Haiunder.

[Jor]

Hi,

I'm not sure if I understand you completely, but the problem is that you still get ActiveX warnings on Windows Update?
The Proxomitron and Windows Update are NOT compatible alas. I have heard reports for some users it works, but I can't even get the activex to install with Prox running in bypassed mode. Because this website is tightly integrated into Windows, it is best to completely bypass your browser's proxy for Windowsupdate. Try adding

*windowsupdate*;office.microsoft.com

to the Exceptions part of MSIE's proxy settings. (The latter (office.microsoft.com) is not needed if you do not use office software.)


Info on Proxomitron can be found in the 'Docs' folder of your Proxomitron install, and in the helpfiles.
It was made by Scott R. Lemmon (who posts here occasionally

 

[JakBeNymble]

Hi "Haiunder",
              Welcome to,(What I believe to be) the Best FORUM on the Net! If I am using I.E. browser, sometimes I get that "nagging" box that pops up, that says Active-x is disabled, and might cause page to not load right. However, I discoved it is not the Disabled ActiveX, it is the disabled Java permissions that cause this on my machine. Most of the time I Opera or Netscape. Opera is more secure, I haven't found it sending out packets on any UDP ports!

In Proxo when you enable Filters like "Kill Java" or "ActiveX", it only disables certain elements of Java, and ActiveX, not all. As JOR has said "Scott Lemmon" is designer of Proxomitron, which I think is an ingenius work of ART! Here is a link to Web-site where you might find some interesting information on Proxomitron.
http://www.sankey.ws/proxomitron.html

And again let me welcome you to the FORUM. Keep in touch My Friend!
"JaK"

 

[hpguru]

Perhaps your filter isn't matching. Try this one and see if it helps.

Name = "Disable Embedded Executable Objects"
Active = TRUE
Limit = 22
Match = "<(|/)(object|applet|embed)1"
Replace = "<1x"

It's pretty fast too.

 

[altosax]

hi hpguru and haiunder,
hope this little correction helps
(read proxomitron help at "check for something or nothing"):

Name = "Disable Embedded Executable Objects"
Active = TRUE
Limit = 22
Match = "<(/|)(object|applet|embed)1"
Replace = "<1x"

regards,
altosax.

 

[haiunder]

Hi! guys

I appreciate very much for your help.  I just found out that the issue is more complex than I though. It involves with my internet sercurity setting.  However with your replying, it give me some idea to fix it.

Again, Thanks a lot.

Haiunder

 

[hpguru]

quote:
(read proxomitron help at "check for something or nothing"):

When I test it here it seems to work both ways. The slash is captured when present. Try it in the test dialog. You can verify that the slash is captured by using an alternate replacement "<1x". Either way you perform the match - "(|something)" or "(something|) - the result is the same.

From the standpoint of logic this is as it should be. "Element_1 OR Element_2" is symetric with "Element_2 OR Element_1". In other words both statements are equivalent. Perhaps Scott or whoever wrote the help file made a mistake there whereas the OR operator still works as would be expected.

 

[altosax]

hi hpguru,
you are right: the filter match in both cases, i was not clear in my previous message. your is not an error, and mine is not a real correction, it is only a trick to speed up filtering.

to speed up filtering, the goal is: make the filter NOT matching as soon as possible! and all we know that (/|) match lesser times that (|/).

even if scott haven't wrote this in the proxomitron help, he suggests to use (/|), and i have no doubt he know the trick

regards,
altosax.