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Video -> Aperture Shutter Speed and ISO, Photography 101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk78nH3d8hU&list=PL1208EEA2D8E57D13&index=1&feature=plpp_video

Crystal Reports Viewer ActiveX Control

I just finished fixing an issue for one of my clients that I wanted to share. I Googled for hours and couldn't find a fix, so now that I have found the cure, wanted to share it.  Hopefully this will help someone in the future. The Symptom My user goes to a business website to access reports that were written with Crystal Reports. Their website offers to install the Crystal Reports Viewer (ActiveX control). You acknowledge that you want to install it and you get the following error: Internet Explorer Security Warning Windows has found a problem with this file. Name: activexviewer.cab Publisher: Unknown Publisher I do not believe it matters for this problem, but the user is using Internet Explorer 7. The Cure It appears that the vendor offering these reports is using an older version of Crystal Reports (2003) and the certificate on their ActiveX control is no longer valid. The cure is to tell Internet Explorer to not check the certificate on installs (which is a security risk),...