When it comes to the Byzantine world of Office security settings, no feature brings sysadmins and IT pros to their knees quite like the saga of ActiveX controls. If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of untangling why two employees, with identical systems, wind up on opposite ends of the ActiveX...
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When Microsoft finally decides to pull the plug on an ancient bit of technology, you can almost hear the collective sigh—from hackers (of frustration) and IT veterans (of delayed relief). Such is the story with ActiveX. If you haven’t crossed paths with it, consider yourself lucky—or possibly...