Grrrrrr !
I found Control Panel and followed your steps and checked back into an Active X thread here and still got the popups. I shut down and re-started the computer to see if it had to be applied on the next time online and I STILL get the popups.
I had so many 'other' damned choices for Active X, such as:
Download signed Active X controls
prompt (recommended)
Download UNsigned Active X controls
disabled (recommended)
Initialize & Script Active X marked as Safe
disabled
Initialize & Script Active X marked as UNsafe
disabled
etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum..
I'm hopeless and don't want to hijack Jude's excellent thread with instructions that everyone else here understands, except ME...

Doug
( thanks for trying )
Edited to add: this may be a blessing in disguise. If some people think I'm aggravating NOW, what would life on AZB be like if I actually learned how to Diagram stuff and post PICTURES..... Oy-Vey !
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