Re: Updating Internet Options using a Script

From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:00:11 -0400

> these same files run just fine from the internet

Ramesh has the answer. Do an OE search (Ctrl-Shift-F) with
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Subject: Re: Problem w/IE6 & XP SP2 & javascript
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:38:37 +0530
news:%23z6ybMJpEHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl 

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"Joe Sodora" <sodora@aol.com> wrote in message news:3f9d01c4a4f4$6f9e0920$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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