Re: Unable to recieve files

Greetings Michael,

This is the built-in functionality of SP2 which is doing this, and yes, the .reg file will
resolve it.
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"Michael H" <MichaelH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hey guys, I'm trying to resolve a problem with msn 7.0 for a friend of mine.
> Whenever a file is sent, picture, music, whatever (haven't tried a .zip file
> though) msn automatically blocks it and says it's a potential risk or
> something. There was a post about it a few days back but unfornately I felt
> it wasn't very helpfull.
>
> The person suggested trying a .zip file. However, I can receive any type of
> file except maybe .exe files. And I haven't done any different installation.
> I checked all the settings on my friends computer, and we have every setting
> practically identical. The only difference is that she is using AVG virus
> scanner and has the microsft beta version of the spyware blocker.
>
> I haven't tried that .reg file yet, only found out about it tonight, maybe
> that will fix the issue... but anyway. If anyone has experienced this
> problem, please let me know what you did to fix it. Thank you very much.


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