ActiveX Installers Actions are used only on Windows XP machines The ActiveX Installer action allows an application, such as Internet Explorer, to enable standard users to install approved ActiveX applications in Internet Explorer.
To Create ActiveX Installer Action
- From the Arellia Security Manager Console go to the Policies tab.
- Navigate to Policies / Arellia Solutions / Application Control / Actions.
- Right-click ActiveX Installers, click New.
- From the Create Item window, you can add a description and select OK.
- To Select Resources from Available Resources, click Select on the following Settings:
- Deny ActiveX components
- Elevated installation
- Silent elevated installation
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approved ActiveX components.
This behavior mimics the ActiveX installer service in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The ActiveX Installer action allows (or denies) specific ActiveX components to be used by Windows XP users.
When you set up an ActiveX Installer action, you can choose from the configurations shown in the following screenshot.
ActiveX installer actions are used only on Windows XP machines and are reported by the File Inventory "Com Component Inventory" policy, which reports on downloaded ActiveX components.