My environment is Windows 7sp1 64bit, running IE 8 32bit. In a domain with Group Policies applied
I am trying to automate the installation of the 3dvia ActiveX control located here...
http://3dlifeplayer.dl.3dvia.com
I have created a group policy for "Approved Installation Sites for ActiveX" to include the site above.
Originally, I was gettign a not in policy 4097 error. This problem was caused by my setting the policy values to 2,2,2,0. The third number has to be 1 or zero so I changed it to 1.
Once I changed this to 2,2,1,0 I now get the 4100 error - which says unable to download.
Also when visiting the page. I am asked if I want to install the ActiveX control - even though 2,2,2,0 means it should install silently.
The whole process is, visit the page and get the ActiveX install yellow bar. Right-click and choose install. Then a UAC comes up asking me for credentials for the "Internet Explorer Add-on Installer" I click cancel as I do not want the users to have to provide this information. I thoght the whole point of the AxInstall Service was to allow non-elevated users to install ActiveX controls from approved sites. I am pretty certain that the policy is being applied correctly because the error changed from a 4097 when I had an error in the policy to 4100 once I got the policy correct.