I'm running IE 11 on Server 2012.  I turned off protected mode.  I disabled active x filtering.  I'm using an app that says I have to install Flash.  But if go to install it, the flash site says it is integrated in with Windows 8 and IE 11.  I'm using Server 2012 as I said. If I test flash it guides me to do the troubleshooting steps just mentioned. I disable active x filtering, I turn of protected mode.  I search for the shockwave object but it isn't there.  If I try to search for addon it isn't available.  Very strange.