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ActiveX is a deprecated software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. [1]
Active Scripting (formerly known as ActiveX Scripting) is the technology used in Windows to implement component-based scripting support. It is based on OLE Automation (part of COM ) and allows installation of additional scripting engines in the form of COM modules.
The base CEF framework includes support for the C and C++ programming languages, but there are external projects that provide bindings for other languages:
Later versions of Internet Explorer prompt the user before installing an ActiveX control, allowing them to block installation. As a level of protection, an ActiveX control is signed with a digital signature to guarantee authenticity. It is also possible to disable ActiveX controls altogether, or to allow only a selected few.
It also introduced support for ActiveX controls, Java applets, inline multimedia, and the PICS system for content metadata. Version 3 also came bundled with Internet Mail and News, NetMeeting, and an early version of the Windows Address Book, and was itself included with Windows 95 OSR 2. Version 3 proved to be the first more popular version of ...
Flash Professional CC (2014.1) was released on October 6, 2014, featuring expanded WebGL publishing abilities, brush custom settings (angle, flatness), and the ability to import external SWFs. [85] Also, a new software development kit (SDK) enabling extensibility for custom platforms without depending on the Flash runtime, to reach more viewers.
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Microsoft included a user interface to change User Account Control settings, and introduced one new notification mode: the default setting. By default, UAC does not prompt for consent when users make changes to Windows settings that require elevated permission through programs stored in %SystemRoot% and ...
Since Windows XP, users can manually initiate a refresh of the group policy by using the gpupdate command from a command prompt. [4] Group Policy Objects are processed in the following order (from top to bottom): [5] Local - Any settings in the computer's local policy. Prior to Windows Vista, there was only one local group policy stored per ...