Browser Helper Object doesnot get loaded in IE8

Question

I have a BHO, which i can see it as enabled in Add On's list. But it does not get loaded when i start my IE on the Win2k8 R2 machines(64 bit).

I have disabled IE Enhanced security as well but no help. The same BHO gets loaded in other machines.

The registry details under (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects & HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID) seem to be fine.

Is there any setting that disables BHO from actually getting loaded?

Answer 1

I've found I need to register HKCR\CLSID\{GUID} and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{GUID}. I'm not sure if this is the "right" thing to do, but using RegMon, it's what IE is reading...

Answer 2

By default the BHO's are disabled on windows servers.

To enable BHO one has to change this setting "Enable Browser Extensions" string value to "yes" in the following registry key: *HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main*