Adobe Active X

[Zilla]

I messed with my PC tower for a couple of hours yesterday. Got it running and there was no problems until I had to go to Microsoft's website to download Direct X 9.0c which doesn't work as that driver can't be rolled backwards, however, I did find a work around to make my game work which I cannot discuss here. All I can say about that is "Thanks Pescado, again!"

Anyway, so after I messed with that, I went to NVidia so I could update my video card which also requires Adobe Active X to be allowed. Fine, no problem. I updated my video card and played with my sim kids for a little while.

This morning I loaded my game and it froze within a matter of minutes. I rebooted, started my game again and it froze on the start up screen. I shut the PC down and took the cover off to make sure the ram sticks are properly seated. They were not jiggly or otherwise, so I put the cover back on. Then I boot up again only this time in safe mode. I didn't put anything new on the PC this morning and it's completely offline, but I noticed in the programs folder that there was a new version of Active X installed. Instead of being version 9, it is version 10. Just for fun, I deleted it, rebooted and started my game again.

Now my game runs like a dream. It's quick, smooth and running like it's supposed to.

What's going on with Active X files? It's the only change I made and there is nothing else loaded on my PC. I've avoided re-installing Photoshop as I thought perhaps the problem was with that, however, after what happened yesterday and this morning, there is nothing wrong with Photoshop. The problem is coming from Adobe, but it's not a Photoshop issue...

[CharlieChomper]

Were you by any chance using IE when you visited nVidia's site to get the new driver?

Among my reasons for asking is because Adobe's Flash plugin for IE makes use of Active X (it's actually called Adobe Flash Active X) and I'm actually wondering if that was where that was coming from as I've read some similar complaints amongst users of version 10 (among other problems) and given how nVidia has redesigned their site, it would make a certain degree of sense--especially given the version numbers you had listed.


Photoshop should not nor would be affected by this as it is a completely separate situation from this. Flash, however, is another story.

[Zilla]

Yes I was although it's required on Microsoft.com as well so it can run some weird validation program.

[CharlieChomper]

The "validation" program that runs off Microsoft's site is likely the controversial WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) "check", which Microsoft uses to supposedly verify whether someone's copy of Windows is actually legal or not.

In the case of Adobe and Active X, it sounds like Adobe's Flash plugin for IE (which is the plugin I had mentioned in my earlier post--Adobe (Flash) Active X) and an issue with the latest version (10) which may be the source of the problem.

Active X, on its own, is basically treated by Windows as a core part of it so any upgrades to anything which may make use of it (such as the Flash plugin for IE) and a problem that may arise, may also create other issues as well--it's also amongst the reasons as to why Active X-based "attacks" or malicious scripts written in/for it can be so dangerous).

However, it is only for IE that the Flash plugin actually makes use of ActiveX--for the other browsers out there, the plugin was written without it.