Re: folders on left side of "Save As" widow

There are many ways to deal with internet security.

And yet, security consultant advise using a limited account while on
the Internet, to minimize the problems that creep in through
Javascript and especially through ActiveX.

IE | Tools | Internet Options | Security tab | Custom Level button |
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disable
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disable
Active scripting: Disable
Allow paste operations via script: Disable

IE | Tools | Internet Options | Advanced tab |
Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer): UNCHeck
Enable Install On Demand (Other): UNCHeck

The settings above are what are related to driveby downloading of unwanted
programs, popups and other unwanted happenings on the net.

Internet Options | Privacy | Advanced button |
Override automatic cookie handling |
First Party Cookies: Prompt
Third Party Cookies: Block

Recommended Minimal Security Settings
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Security Issues for Windows and IE
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/security.htm

Adding Sites to the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm

Blocking Unwanted Cookies with IE 6
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/cookies.htm

Dealing with Unwanted Pop-ups
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/nopopups.htm

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:MPG.1e8526986ea5ffa98a28b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:37:45 -0700 from Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955
@comcast.net>:
Stan, a user with a Limited account is like having a flashlight with no
batteries in it.

And yet, security consultant advise using a limited account while on
the Internet, to minimize the problems that creep in through
Javascript and especially through ActiveX.

If you have XP Pro, and your arms are not duct taped to your chair, you
can use Group Policy.

I guess you're trying to be funny.

Of course I can log in as administrator and use group policy. The
problem is that there are a lot of preferences that apply only to the
current user but can be set only by the administrator -- a logical
inconsistency. But I know all is perfect in Bill ates Land, so I
should be sent to a psychiatric hospital for daring to point out a
problem.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/

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