What is ActiveX?

[gr_mimi]

I am having various problems getting my computer - W2k -- to shut down. Sometimes I get an error message blaming ActiveX. What is ActiveX? The Windows help section merely listed dozens of articles but I couldn't find an overview of what the program does.

[jmtjet]

Check this link for info on activeX: http://www.pcwebopedia.com/TERM/A/ActiveX_control.html
Look around this link-their's a lot more on activeX there. Hope this helps.