Disable ‘Name ActiveX Control’ for MOSS Sites in Internet Zone

Just published a site to the Internet Zone (anonymous access public site) and was prompted in IE to run the ‘Name ActiveX Control’. This sucks, I said to myself, so how do I remove it?

This website wants to run the following add-on: ‘Name ActiveX Control’ from ‘Microsoft Corporation’. If you trust the Web site
and the add-on and want to allow it to run, click here…


The Official Explanation

KB article 931509 + crazy workaround – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931509

Cause – This issue occurs if the Name ActiveX control (Name.dll) is not added to the list of preapproved controls in Internet Explorer 7. The Name ActiveX control is included in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

Disable ‘Name ActiveX Control’ the Easy Way

Adding this bit of JavaScript near the bottom of my master page to produced the deisred results.

<script type=”text/javascript”>
function ProcessImn(){}
</script>

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