Why do I need an ‘Active X’ download?

 

An ‘Active X’ is a program.  Your computer runs them all the time; many of them are already running on your system.  They each do a specific task and are normally small in size and very specific in their purpose. 

 

The one that we may ask you to download (if it is not already on your system) the first time is used to move the pictures from your computer to our server.  Without it, pictures cannot be sent to us.

 

The ‘Active X’ program we use does nothing to your system other than make the upload of pictures possible.

 

There are many of us that fear the downloading of an ‘Active X’ because they can be created by some to actually harm our computer.  However, they are normally okay if you know the site and/or software that is requesting the download.  Perfect Place Rentals has made sure this ‘Active X’ will not cause any problems on your system.  We do not use it to obtain any information from your system, or to adjust any settings on your computer.

 

To download an ‘Active X’, your computer will first warn you with a message that looks like the one below, and located in the same area of  your browser indicated below.

 

 

To allow the download click your mouse on the message shown with the yellow background above.  A menu box will appear giving you an option to download or not download.  Choose to download.  The download is fairly fast even with dialup connections since the size of the ‘Active X’ is relatively small. 

 

This is only required the first time you attempt to upload pictures to our site.