How to determine a Missing ActiveX control

I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a
missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't
fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.

Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or
unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.

Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX
control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an
ActiveX control (etc)"?

Thanks!!!

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:46:34 -0500, "Bill"
wrote:

I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with a
missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair don't
fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.

Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or
unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.

Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING ActiveX
control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an
ActiveX control (etc)"?

Thanks!!!

Bill,

Try Start Run and enter dxdiag.

Happy Holidays Everyone,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/

The application that attempts to use the control will tell you it's missing.
What are the symptoms that you are seeing?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill" wrote in message
...
I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows
directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent with
a
missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair
don't
fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.

Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or
unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.

Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING
ActiveX
control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an
ActiveX control (etc)"?

Thanks!!!

Win98SE, IE6, 576M RAM, P3/650

I've got Office 2000. On any boot or reboot, Office & IE6 applications start
normally. However, at some point, if I start an Office application or IE,
the application will hang for 2 minutes before opening. Adobe Acrobat is
also affected, except that Acrobat will hang and then crash after 2 minutes.

I've uninstalled & reinstalled Acrobat, I've done detect & repair on Office
and IE, I've been thorough in scanning for viruses & spyware. It's not heat
related.

Basically, at some point an application does SOMETHING that affects the
startup of these applications. Running applications are not affected.

Here's a quirk of IE6 when this happens: "File New Window" is not
affected by the 2 minute delay, but all other methods of opening IE6 are.

Any clues???




"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
The application that attempts to use the control will tell you it's
missing.
What are the symptoms that you are seeing?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill" wrote in message
...
I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows
directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent
with
a
missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair
don't
fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.

Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or
unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.

Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING
ActiveX
control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an
ActiveX control (etc)"?

Thanks!!!

Stick with Richards, really, BUT...

(1)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...51&Product=w98
USB Mouse May Hang When the Computer Is Idle for a Long Time

So, if you have "Find Fast", try disabling that.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=199787
OFF2000: How to Turn Off the Find Fast Indexer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;158705
OFF97: How to Disable the Find Fast Indexer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;135476
OFF95: Office for Windows 95 Find Fast Indexer Overview

(2) In many threads, it has been said to delete "Normal.dot", when
Office acts up. Should be safe enough to try, as it will regenerate.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Bill" wrote in message
...
| Win98SE, IE6, 576M RAM, P3/650
|
| I've got Office 2000. On any boot or reboot, Office & IE6 applications
start
| normally. However, at some point, if I start an Office application or
IE,
| the application will hang for 2 minutes before opening. Adobe Acrobat
is
| also affected, except that Acrobat will hang and then crash after 2
minutes.
|
| I've uninstalled & reinstalled Acrobat, I've done detect & repair on
Office
| and IE, I've been thorough in scanning for viruses & spyware. It's not
heat
| related.
|
| Basically, at some point an application does SOMETHING that affects
the
| startup of these applications. Running applications are not affected.
|
| Here's a quirk of IE6 when this happens: "File New Window" is not
| affected by the 2 minute delay, but all other methods of opening IE6
are.
|
| Any clues???
|
|
|
|
| "Jeff Richards" wrote in message
| ...
| The application that attempts to use the control will tell you it's
| missing.
| What are the symptoms that you are seeing?
| --
| Jeff Richards
| MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
| "Bill" wrote in message
| ...
| I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows
| directory
| restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are
consistent
| with
| a
| missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect &
repair
| don't
| fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.
|
| Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust
incorrect or
| unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.
|
| Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a
MISSING
| ActiveX
| control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are
missing an
| ActiveX control (etc)"?
|
| Thanks!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

My Office 2000 used to hang and die until I applied all 75 megs of
updates for Office. Have you?
http://office.microsoft.com/ProductUpdates/default.aspx

Windows\Downloaded Program Files folder will have your ActiveX
controls. Those marked damaged should be removed with right click
choice, when you need it, it will redownload and reinstall. Not a big
problem and I doubt this is where the hang up is.

Try Script package and test your Java.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

http://www.javatester.org/
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm

It could be a damaged ActiveX control, or it could be any other component.
Without more specific diagnosis there's no way to tell. Does Adobe provide
any usable message when it crashes? The usual reason for a delay like this
is something attempting to access a network resource, such as across the LAN
or Internet, and the resource is not available. Viruses and trojans behave
like this, hence your scan to be sure you are not infected It can be as
simple as a file listed in the Most Recently Used file list that is on a
network resource that is no longer accessible. About the only thing I can
suggest is that you try to pin the exact occurrence of the event down,
perhaps by removing items that are starting automatically at boot time, or
removing unnecessary hardware, to see if you can identify anything that
affects the behaviour.

While I don't think Activex is any more likely than any other components, if
you want to follow through on that suspicion you could start at:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=154544
Description of ActiveX Technologies
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill" wrote in message
...
Win98SE, IE6, 576M RAM, P3/650

I've got Office 2000. On any boot or reboot, Office & IE6 applications
start
normally. However, at some point, if I start an Office application or IE,
the application will hang for 2 minutes before opening. Adobe Acrobat is
also affected, except that Acrobat will hang and then crash after 2
minutes.

I've uninstalled & reinstalled Acrobat, I've done detect & repair on
Office
and IE, I've been thorough in scanning for viruses & spyware. It's not
heat
related.

Basically, at some point an application does SOMETHING that affects the
startup of these applications. Running applications are not affected.

Here's a quirk of IE6 when this happens: "File New Window" is not
affected by the 2 minute delay, but all other methods of opening IE6 are.

Any clues???

"Bill Watt" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:46:34 -0500, "Bill"
wrote:

I've got a problem with a Windows98SE system that had it's Windows
directory
restored from backup. I'm seeing problems that I think are consistent
with a
missing ActiveX control. Office detect & repair & IE6 detect & repair
don't
fix the problem. I've thoroughly scanned for viruses & spyware.

Now, there are plenty of tools out there to detect & adjust incorrect or
unused ActiveX controls for Win98SE, like Norton or SystemSuite.

Are there any tools out there that will tell me if I have a MISSING
ActiveX
control? Something that will give me a message like, "you are missing an
ActiveX control (etc)"?

Thanks!!!

Bill,

Try Start Run and enter dxdiag.

That does a DirectX diagnostic - NOT an ActiveX diagnostic.

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:09:59 -0500, "Bill"
wrote:

Try Start Run and enter dxdiag.

That does a DirectX diagnostic - NOT an ActiveX diagnostic.

Sorry, got the X's mixed up.

Happy New Year everyone,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/