text: activating activex controls? is there a way to choose sites that will automatically activate activex controls without having to click or press the spacebar? i hope what you want is here. personally i would not change it. i gives you a chance to consider whether or not it is a good idea to allow the active x download. some are very dangerous.  with internet explorer security zones, you can specify security options for web content. a zone is a collection of web sites to which you assign the same level of trust. you add a web site to a specific zone and then set the appropriate security options for that zone.  you can adjust the internet explorer default settings to best match the security features of your system. for a secure intranet, for example, you can usually adjust the security setting to low or an appropriate custom setting (after the local intranet zone is configured to match the firewall).  all security options apply to the internet explorer browser; they are not system-wide. other internet programs may or may not respect these options.  to set corporate security options, you must modify the settings by using the ieak. the user views security options in the browser by clicking the tools menu, clicking internet options, and then clicking the security tab. to see custom settings, the user selects a security zone and then clicks custom level.  top of page activex controls and plug-ins these options control how activex controls and plug-ins are administrator-approved, downloaded, run, and scripted. for more information about managing and approving activex controls, see managing activex controls.  when a user downloads an activex control from a site different than the site the control is used on, internet explorer uses the more restrictive of the two sites' zone settings. for example, if a user is viewing a web page within a zone that is set to allow (enable) a download, but the code is downloaded from another zone that is set to prompt the user first, then the prompt setting is used.  script activex controls marked safe for scripting this option determines whether an activex control marked safe for scripting can interact with a script. note that safe-for-initialization controls loaded with param tags are not affected by this option. this option is ignored when initialize and script activex controls not marked as safe is set to enable because the setting bypasses all object safety. you cannot script unsafe controls while blocking the scripting of the safe ones.  initialize and script activex controls not marked as safe activex controls are classified as being either safe or unsafe. this option controls whether or not a script is allowed to interact with unsafe controls. unsafe controls are not meant for use on internet web pages, but in some cases may be used with pages that can absolutely be trusted not to use the controls in a malicious way. object safety should be enforced unless all activex controls and scripts that might interact with pages in this zone can be trusted. the settings are as follows:  run activex controls and plug-ins this option determines whether activex controls and plug-ins can be run on pages from the specified zone. disabling this option prevents running any activex controls or plug-ins; therefore, the other activex settings are ignored. downloading, running, and scripting activex controls are three distinct steps with options that apply to each separate step. downloading options distinguish between signed and unsigned controls. scripting options can be set for safe and unsafe controls separately. whether a control is safe for scripting (or initialization) is determined by the control author and should not be confused with signing; signing and safety are independent. for more information, see the msdn online web workshop.  download signed activex controls this option allows users to download signed activex controls from pages in this zone. the settings are as follows:  • enable lets users silently download any signed controls.   • prompt displays a warning before users download controls signed by publishers that are 