Active X is basically a tool and set of object oriented programming technologies. In 1996, Active X was developed by Microsoft Corporation for Internet Explorer in order to get rich media playback and for reliable browsing experience through Internet Explorer. The most striking feature of Active X in Internet Explorer is to load other software applications for the browser and in this way it is an inevitable tool to include in Internet Explorer.

Active X has a strong feature of re-usability, so it can be difficult to fix active x. The other software applications presenting in the browser can use activeX whenever they needed. Although activeX was basically designed for Microsoft's product,it works on non Microsoft product such as Mozilla Firefox,Google Chrome etc) also.

It is broadly used in Internet world and simultaneously there arises some problems regarding fixing Active X.

There are several reasons behind the malfunctioning of activeX controllers. It can be caused by the attack of spyware, running of malicious software, browsing through entrusted websites, attack by Trojans or due to windows registry errors etc. As a result we can't browse sophisticatedly.

In order to overcome those shortcomings nowadays Microsoft upgrades ActiveX support with its new version of Internet Explorer. Where an user are requested to grant or reject permission to the activeX component to load each and every time it occurs.

To enable this striking feature in your Internet Explorer browser in order to fix Active X errors, you need to spend just few seconds.

The procedure is given below.

 Step 1:

      At first open Internet Explorer.

 Step 2:

     Now choose Tools, and then click on Internet Options.

Step 3:

    Select the Security tab and click on the button named Custom Level.

Step 4:

   Now mark “prompt” under both the download signed Active-X controls and download unsigned    Active-X controls.

Step 5:

   Clicks on apply and then hit Ok.

This is a very efficient way by using which an user can fix activeX related problems.

Uninstalling particular software can also harm activeX controllers. After uninstalling the DLL file which was associated with the software become removed and as a result if active X controller need it during its runtime, the procedure falls down. Then there is the only way to reinstall the appropriate program.

For example, if you remove Microsoft Access on a pre-Windows 2000 machine, you may see an error which you will need to fix such as:

Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01AD)

Active X component can't create object:

This is due to the missing DLL files. This can be overcome by the process just described.

There may be some cases where those ActiveX related problems are not getting fixed by anyhow, there is another process to tackle the situation.

Step 1:

Open the particular Internet browser window. This will allow you to uninstall the problem ActiveX control so you can reinstall later.

Step 2:

Now go to "Tools”.

Step 3:

  Click on "Manage Add-Ons > Enable/Disable Add-Ons.”

Step 4:

 Now Select "Downloaded ActiveX Controls" under "Show" drop-down list.

Step 5:

 Select particular ActiveX component to delete.

Step 6:

After selecting the component now click on the "Delete" under the "Delete ActiveX" box at the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Step 7:

Now click on Ok.

Step 8:

At the last step you can now go to the Microsoft's official site and can download trusted Active X controller.

We wish after following those steps to fix Active X errors, you become enable to enjoy a safe and reliable web browsing experience.