Technical,

Enable the following:
dowloading of signed ActiveX controls
running ActiveX controls and plug-ins
scripting ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting
active scripting

Rather than do this globally, add the Microsoft web sites (communities.microsoft.com, msdn.microsoft.com, search.communities.microsoft.com, search.microsoft.com, support.microsoft.com, v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com, windowsupdate.microsoft.com, and, www.Microsoft.com ) to the Trusted Zone and enable these options for the zone. I can’t say with certainty that all these settings, or even which combinations, are required for a given site; the list is the result of a cumulative effort, adding another whenever I encountered a problem.

Regards,
Hornus