Policy
Establish ActiveX installation policy for sites in Trusted zones
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy setting controls the installation of ActiveX controls for sites in Trusted zone. If you enable this policy setting, ActiveX controls are installed according to the settings defined by this policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, ActiveX controls prompt the user before installation. If the trusted site uses the HTTPS protocol, this policy setting can also control how ActiveX Installer Service responds to certificate errors. By default all HTTPS connections must supply a server certificate that passes all validation criteria. If you are aware that a trusted site has a certificate error but you want to trust it anyway you can select the certificate errors that you want to ignore. Note: This policy setting applies to all sites in Trusted zones.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Scope | Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Installation Policy for ActiveX control signed by trusted publisher ID InstallTrustedOCX | enum | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name InstallTrustedOCX Type REG_DWORD | Options: Don't install (0), Prompt the user (1), Silently install (2) | |
| Computer | Installation Policy for signed ActiveX control ID InstallSignedOCX | enum | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name InstallSignedOCX Type REG_DWORD | Options: Don't install (0), Prompt the user (1), Silently install (2) | |
| Computer | Installation Policy for unsigned ActiveX control ID InstallUnSignedOCX | enum | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name InstallUnSignedOCX Type REG_DWORD | Options: Don't install (0), Prompt the user (1) | |
| Computer | Unknown certifcation authority (CA) ID IgnoreUnknownCA | boolean | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name IgnoreUnknownCA Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 | |
| Computer | Invalid certificate name (CN) ID IgnoreInvalidCN | boolean | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name IgnoreInvalidCN Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 | |
| Computer | Expired certificate validation date ID IgnoreInvalidCertDate | boolean | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name IgnoreInvalidCertDate Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 | |
| Computer | Wrong certificate usage ID IgnoreWrongCertUsage | boolean | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AxInstaller\AxISURLZonePolicies Value name IgnoreWrongCertUsage Type REG_DWORD | Options: true (1), false (0) True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0 |