Just a follow-up to your question @Perimeter. I actually found the answer in another part of this forum (I can't remember where). But this will make Internet Explorer accessible again on your Windows 10 computer, and apparently Windows 11 too.The problem now is, how to get IE 11 back? Can I just copy the folder from my notebook?
Yes, that's what worked for me too. Internet Explorer did try to download the needed plug-in but I declined it for now. I think (hoping) that once I get BI up and running, this won't really be an issue anymore.Good morning Canada!
That is what I was told too. I used another appoach offered.
I just use this line in a link:
C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe javascriptpen();close()
Works fine.
Yes, you did mention the browser, so thanks for that.I told you it could be a browser issue LOL
While it is weird to us that they use a no longer supported browser, but there is a reason...
Many manufacturers have focused the firmware around Internet Explorer (which was the standard once upon a time), even brand new cameras unfortunately. Keep in mind we are not the intended audience of Hikvision and Dahua, it is professional installers with specialized equipment and/or don't update their equipment, so they are not going to invest in changing the firmware until they see a need. As such, those end users usually don't get into the userface like we do. If you try to call Dahua they will tell you to pound salt and talk to your installer.
So until their professional installers and their intended market demand or require it, we won't see it and us complaining they don't care because we are not their intended market. They are not going to reinvent the wheel and throw put all firmware and start new until there is a need.
We are just fortunate to be able to get our hands on these cameras. And then a forum like this to help us set it up!
Agreed! Thanks to commenters on this forum, the 1st thing I did before plugging in any cameras was to set up a group of DHCP IP addresses that were blocked out from the Internet and set up DHCP reservations for every camera coming in so they get the blocked IPs right away. Hopefully, that'll be good enough.Well their client base mainly uses just NVR and monitor so they don't know and don't care. Most businesses are not getting into the GUI.
It are the folks like us that get our hands on these and use them in to their fullest. We isolate the cameras from the internet so the plug in isn't really a security issue.
EVERY camera manufacturer has been hacked. Thus the reason we keep the cams off the net.
Aha! A use for that ancient Core i3 laptop that my wife has been pressing me to recycle!Yeah many of us have an old computer we use just for setting up.
Exactly! That is what mine is lol. I swapped out the HDD for a $20ish SSD and the computer performance is fast, so consider that if it takes forever to load up and do anything.Aha! A use for that ancient Core i3 laptop that my wife has been pressing me to recycle!