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Story: Experts warn on 'unpatched' vulnerability

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I have had ActiveX controls disabled for the last 3 years or so, and I just want to say that this is one of the most irritating things about Microsoft, and Internet Explorer. There is no way to get the browser to quit reminding you that "pages may not display correctly" and requiring you to click on the "OK" button whenever a page with ActiveX is visited.

I believe this is part of Microsoft's campaign to wear down users, so that in order to get rid of the irritation they will finally start allowing ActiveX. With all of the changes to Internet Explorer over the years, Microsoft has never allowed the option to "quit displaying this message", as is done with many other warnings. ActiveX is evidently something they are pushing, and they will keep it in my face whether I like it or not.

The next time you do a story about this, can you please ask Microsoft why they won't let users who have disabled ActiveX to disable the warning message as well?

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