[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Are we ready to RUMBLE? - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Thu, Apr 6 2006 18:52 bradley

Are we ready to RUMBLE?

Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : April 2006 Advance Notification:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/04/06/424519.aspx

Everyone testing that EOLA patch that changes the way ActiveX is done and know if you are good to go?

Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : An update on the IE ActiveX change from Mike Nash:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/03/29/423560.aspx

Internet Explorer ActiveX update:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945

I've noticed there's a annoying Active X screen pop up now that I get on certain web sites that I have to cliek through now that I didn't have to before.... but other than that... it's really not too terribly annoying..

But seriously, NOW.. right now.. download http://support.microsoft.com/kb/912945  and then you'll see when going to this page (as a demo) http://www.devilducky.com/media/43173 that you'll get that prompt,

Do you have any other Line of Business apps that won't work?  We already know about Siebel folks that will need the compatibility patch.  What else?  Have you done your testing and are ready to go?

..btw it's not that big of a dialog box either...

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# re: Are we ready to RUMBLE?

Friday, April 07, 2006 6:48 AM by Vlad Mazek

Ok, I will stick my foot in the lions mouth and ask.

Is it irresponsible to run Internet Explorer outside of the few company-approved web sites or further restricting it to internal-use-only?

In my opinion: yes. I'll take it a step further: Anybody purchasing ActiveX driven software should be fired, on the spot. IE and its associated technologies have at least in my heart long lost the thumbs up and purchasing decisions should go towards web services that require no client components to be running. This is where the customer loses, when he/she is required to download and "trust" the code. I am tired of trusting, tired of patching, tired of constantly having to compromise, evaluate, alpha, beta, CTP, GTM and otherwise personally waste my time on software that should be delivered with some defined standard of quality.

I'm tired of "people ready" already. How about "maintenance free" for a change?

-Vlad