31st October 2000
Be vewy, vewy quiet... I'm hunting add-ons. ActiveX controls are interesting creatures. While you may not use them every day, they could be taking up resources (disk space, memory, processor clock cycles, etc.). The problem with these types of plug-ins: you can't uninstall them through the Control Panel's 'Add / Remove Programs' applet. What to do? Instead of reinstalling your operating system, you may consider removing controls directly from the 'Downloaded Program Files' folder (found in the Windows directory). Once there, right-click on an icon to either update or remove the control. Be EXTREMELY careful about what you choose to eliminate here; if you don't know what something is, you're better off NOT erasing it. If nothing else, you could use the object's property sheet to troubleshoot problems you may be encountering in Internet Explorer.