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Thread ID: 84025 2007-10-21 20:36:00 Activating MS Reader help BrotherDragon (10117) Press F1
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603953 2007-10-21 20:36:00 First, Microsoft has been useless in terms of help with this by redirecting me to NZ Microsoft who then didn't reply.

My problem is activating MS Reader so that I can read a book I bought on fictionwise.com. Despite all attempts and reading ALL help pages when I try to activate MS Reader I get kicked into:

>Activation Error
>You must install the Activation ActiveX control before you can activate.

I logged on as administrator and have created a Passport account. I am running Vista 64bit.

Can anyone help?
BrotherDragon (10117)
603954 2007-10-21 20:42:00 Are / Were you using IE to activate it??

Follow the bottom post here (hardware.mcse.ms)

Or read the info here (www.microsoft.com)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
603955 2007-10-21 22:58:00 Finally it works! The problem seems to have been the default Active X settings. When I set them(temporarily) to enable(not Prompt) the activation process worked. Thanks heaps for your help, Press F1 rules! BrotherDragon (10117)
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