Re: Updating Internet Options using a Script
From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:01:03 -0400
> ...The two options "Allow active
> content from CD's to run on my computer" and "Allow active
> content to run in files on my computer" just need to be
> set. This should be the default settings with SP2.
I (and MS, obviously) disagree. Consider that one helluva lotta hijackware
is "drive by" installed under just those settings!
-- ~PA Bear Joe Sodora wrote: > Robear, > > Thank you for responding, but I don't think you understood > my question or the situation. > > (1) I don't want to run a script out of I/E that changes > the security settings. I would like to include another > file with the setup to do this. This would be the same as > instructing the user to make the changes themselves. I'm > trying to make it less confusing for them. Our software is > sold to real estate agents who in turn customize html > files and distribute them for free. I don't have contact > with the actual end users. > > (2) It's not a matter of making our application more SP2 > security compatible. These are local files that contain > JavaScript. There is no way to rewrite them and there's > nothing unsecure about them. Local files whether they are > run from a browser or not should be considered safe. All > local files should be trusted according to the help file > for Internet Explorer. Here is an excerpt directly from > the I/E help file in the section titled "Understanding > Security Zones". "In addition, any files already on your > local computer are assumed to be very safe, so minimal > security settings are assigned to them. You cannot assign > a folder or drive on your computer to a security zone." > > The ironic thing is - these same files run just fine from > the internet. It's only when they are on your local PC > that you get the error. (How's that for security?) It's > actually a problem with SP2. The two options "Allow active > content from CD's to run on my computer" and "Allow active > content to run in files on my computer" just need to be > set. This should be the default settings with SP2. > > Thanks again. > > Joe Sodora > >> -----Original Message----- >> Joe Sodora wrote: >>> Is it possible to update I/E's Internet Options using a >>> separate script file? After installing SP2 on an XP box, >>> I/E does not run local html files containing JavaScript. >>> You have to manually go into the Internet Option settings >>> and check two boxes. Is it possible to have a separate >>> script file that will automatically do this? I would like >>> to package such a file with software that we sell. Thanks. >> >> That would be defeating the added security features in SP2, Joe, and I >> for >> one would not want to use (let alone buy) software which would do so. >> Perhaps you can rework the application to be more SP2 >> Security-compatible? >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP >> >> WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx >> >> What You Should Know About Spyware >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/deviousso ftware.mspx >> >> AumHa Forums >> http://forum.aumha.org >> >> .
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