Hi...

One pc with xp home and SP2. whenever try and play wmv movie files a
windows security window comes up and blocks it ... says somethign like
"windows security as blocked this as it could be potentially harmful"
anyone no how to allow wmv files to be played ?

Hello Jason .This is absolutely normal for Windows XP because you have
Service Pack 2.
SP 2 includes many security feautures and one of it is called DEP
(DEP = Data Execution Prevention)

This blocks all kind of files that can potentialy be harmful for your PC.
If the file is a trojan or contains a virus ,it can't be executed and this
way the virus is prevented from becoming memory resident.This feauture is
quite helpful.
It blocks only files that *could be* dangerous and only these that comes
from another computer such as those downloaded from internet.

If you click YES/OK ,you'll be able to open /play the file.

Learn how to protct your PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security



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"Jason Blake" wrote:

> Hi...
>
> One pc with xp home and SP2. whenever try and play wmv movie files a
> windows security window comes up and blocks it ... says somethign like
> "windows security as blocked this as it could be potentially harmful"
> anyone no how to allow wmv files to be played ?
>