Thereis nothing worse than browsing the web?researching airfare for your nextvacation, buying tickets for tonight's show, watching a news video?and thengetting interrupted with an error message such as, ?Your current security settingsprohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may notdisplay correctly.? Or youcould be checking your email or downloading music when an ActiveX error popsup.  When these errors occur you may beleft frustrated and asking yourself, ?What is ActiveX, and how can I fix it??It turns out that your PC is not really in need of an ActiveX repair, but aregistry repair.

Whatis the Registry?

Theregistry is like a low-level operators manual for your Windows operatingsystem. It stores information and settings for basic functions?its almost likea dictionary. Every time you right click on your mouse for example, yourcomputer accesses the registry, which will ?define? the action and tell thecomputer what to do. The registry has information that is native to theoperating system, but this dictionary can also be added to or overwritten. Inthe event you install a new mouse for example, new information might be added,or old settings might be replaced. An easy way to know if your registry hasbeen altered in any way is if you are required to re-boot your computer(typically after installing new hardware or software).

Whatis Active X?

Computersallow us to do a lot more than just click a mouse however, and that's whereActiveX comes in.  Certain programs likeMicrosoft Office, Windows Media Player, or Internet Explorer require veryadvanced functions, and are constantly changing and upgrading. One way to lookat it is that these programs have advanced so much beyond the basic buildingblocks, they no longer speak English. In order to access the basic informationcontained in the registry (which they need to function), they need atranslator. ActiveX is that translator. ActiveX accesses information stored inthe registry, and communicates it to these programs so they can function at thenext level.

Problem:

ActiveXis often hard at work behind the scenes accessing the registry forinformation.  These efforts usually gounnoticed and go off without a hitch, but you may be unlucky enough toexperience an error. Some common errors are:

?  When?Downloading ActiveXControl? your InternetExplorer freezes

?  RuntimeError ?429′: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object

?  Yourcurrent security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As aresult, the page may not display correctly.

These errors are frustrating but one cansee why they might occur. What's happening is that  ActiveX is trying to access the registry, or?dictionary.? But the dictionary has become overcrowded and altered beyondrecognition. Picture this: There are now two or three different definitionslisted instead of only one. Someone has pasted over sections with newinformation, and the original text can't be found. Pages have gone missing, andinformation has been misfiled. The dictionary is now virtually useless. You arenow in desperate need of registry repair.

Solution:

One solution would to go out and buy anew computer (i.e. purchase a new dictionary). Not only is this not a realisticsolution financially, but all that new and valuable information would belost.  The ideal solution is to flipthrough and edit the entire dictionary, page by page.  Fortunately, this solution is offered via asoftware called Reg Cure. Reg Cure is a registry cleaner that uses the most sophisticatedtechnology available to analyze your registry for missing, obsolete, andcorrupt entries. It is a safe, effective way to fix your PC registryerrors.  You can download Reg Cure andscan your computer for free at RegistryRepairProgram.