Vista:: ActiveX installer service

Spotted this on the UAC blog:The ActiveX Installer Service

As many IT Pro's know the ActiveX controls in IE can be really hard to maintain. With Windows Vista we aim that most users are running as a normal user, which makes it even harder to maintain. As we listened to feedback we received from our community we will introduce in Vista RC0 something called the "ActiveX installer service”

IT Pro’s will be able to define URLs from which standard users will be able to Install ActiveX controls.

 The Service consists of a Windows service, a Group Policy administrative template, and a few changes in Internet Explorer. 

When the feature is enabled, Internet Explorer will ask the service to install any ActiveX controls that need to be installed.  Before installing the ActiveX control, the Installer service will check to see if the URL of the CODEBASE is defined and listed in Group Policy and if it is allowed.  If the service policy permits the install of the ActiveX control, then the service will create an instance of the Internet Explorer ActiveX installer object to be used to install the control.  If Group Policy did not specify that the ActiveX control was allowed to install, then the default Windows Vista behavior is resumed: a Consent\Credential prompt is required to install an ActiveX control. 

Sounds very interesting to me.