To download and run the EventLogScan ActiveX control, your Internet security settings must allow you to download and run signed ActiveX controls, or at least prompt you to do this. GFI has gone to great lengths to ensure that this software is safe.
By default, the Internet security settings in Internet Explorer are set to Medium which allow downloading and running of signed ActiveX controls. However, if you have changed your Internet Explorer settings to high, or disabled prompting of ActiveX downloads, then you have to either set your security back to Medium by clicking on "Default level" or change the custom level to "Download and run signed ActiveX controls".
Check if your security settings are set to Medium
Resetting the Internet Security settings to default level
- Go to the Security page of the Internet options dialog (as shown in the screen shot above).
- Click on the "Default Level" button. You will be able to see that the slider has re-appeared. Ensure that the slider is set on the Medium secure levels or lower.
- Click on OK to confirm the new security settings for that zone.
Manually set your Internet Explorer security settings to allow signed
ActiveX controls
To manually configure your Internet Explorer security settings to allow
you to download and run signed ActiveX controls follow this procedure:
- Open the Internet options of your internet explorer browser (Start > Settings > Control Panel > Internet Options)
- Click on the Security tab
- Click on "Custom level..."
- Set the settings as indicated in the screenshot below
- Click on OK to temporarily set your custom Internet Explorer security settings.
- Click on OK to confirm the new security settings for that zone
WARNING: If you have changed any of your security settings
in order to run this test, we recommend that, after running the test,
you set them back to the way they were before.