Holding down Ctrl key

[Guest]

I posted this in the IE Setup forum but seems this is the forum I should have
posted in.
Our payrol department uses Oracle. They export info from Oracle which brought
up Excel and exported the info. Recently Win XP SP2 was applied and now
Payrol cannot export from Oracle. Oracle is brought up through IE.
I have disabled the Popup blocker both under Tools - Popup Blocker Turn off
and under Internet Options - Privacy - Popup Blocker. I have even put in the
Oracle site into Allowed sites. All you hear when Oracle exports out and
Excel is supposed to open is a beep which I know indicates a popup has been
blocked. I just can't figure out where to disable the popup blocker. If I
remove SP2, export from Oracle is fine.

After searching around around I found the suggestion to hold down the Ctrl
key. I did that. Just as I hit Export, I held down the Ctrl key and Excel
came up and the data was exported. So my question is... what is my solution
since holding down the Ctrl key worked ? What does holding down the Ctrl key
do ?
Thanks,
Debra

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
[Guesses] Go to Folder Options> File Types> XLS> Advanced, Make sure that
Open is set to Excel (it probably is.) Uncheck "Browse in same window." That
may take IE out of the process.

Internet Options> Advanced> Security> check "Allow active content to run in
files on My Computer ." The Local Machine Lockdown may be the problem.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx#EIAA

I'm not sure why you don't get the Information Bar. Try setting the Pop-up
blocker to low and check "Show Information Bar."

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Guest]

Don,
I tried all your suggestions but to no avail. I did get the popup and
allowed the site but still no success.
When I hold the Ctrl key down, I get a window asking if I would like to Open
or Save the file (typical prompt ). It says, File Download at the top of the
window. So obviously holding down the Ctrl key is allowing something to pass
through, but what ?
Thanks,
Debra

Hi,
[Guesses] Go to Folder Options> File Types> XLS> Advanced, Make sure that
Open is set to Excel (it probably is.) Uncheck "Browse in same window." That
may take IE out of the process.

Internet Options> Advanced> Security> check "Allow active content to run in
files on My Computer ." The Local Machine Lockdown may be the problem.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx#EIAA

I'm not sure why you don't get the Information Bar. Try setting the Pop-up
blocker to low and check "Show Information Bar."

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I posted this in the IE Setup forum but seems this is the forum I should have
posted in.
Our payrol department uses Oracle. They export info from Oracle which brought
up Excel and exported the info. Recently Win XP SP2 was applied and now
Payrol cannot export from Oracle. Oracle is brought up through IE.
I have disabled the Popup blocker both under Tools - Popup Blocker Turn off
and under Internet Options - Privacy - Popup Blocker. I have even put in the
Oracle site into Allowed sites. All you hear when Oracle exports out and
Excel is supposed to open is a beep which I know indicates a popup has been
blocked. I just can't figure out where to disable the popup blocker. If I
remove SP2, export from Oracle is fine.

After searching around around I found the suggestion to hold down the Ctrl
key. I did that. Just as I hit Export, I held down the Ctrl key and Excel
came up and the data was exported. So my question is... what is my solution
since holding down the Ctrl key worked ? What does holding down the Ctrl key
do ?
Thanks,
Debra

 

[Guest]

I just took a shot and added the intranet oracle site to trusted sites under
Internet options and once I did that, things are working fine. Who would of
thought ??!!??
Thanks for your help,
Debra

Hi,
[Guesses] Go to Folder Options> File Types> XLS> Advanced, Make sure that
Open is set to Excel (it probably is.) Uncheck "Browse in same window." That
may take IE out of the process.

Internet Options> Advanced> Security> check "Allow active content to run in
files on My Computer ." The Local Machine Lockdown may be the problem.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx#EIAA

I'm not sure why you don't get the Information Bar. Try setting the Pop-up
blocker to low and check "Show Information Bar."

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I posted this in the IE Setup forum but seems this is the forum I should have
posted in.
Our payrol department uses Oracle. They export info from Oracle which brought
up Excel and exported the info. Recently Win XP SP2 was applied and now
Payrol cannot export from Oracle. Oracle is brought up through IE.
I have disabled the Popup blocker both under Tools - Popup Blocker Turn off
and under Internet Options - Privacy - Popup Blocker. I have even put in the
Oracle site into Allowed sites. All you hear when Oracle exports out and
Excel is supposed to open is a beep which I know indicates a popup has been
blocked. I just can't figure out where to disable the popup blocker. If I
remove SP2, export from Oracle is fine.

After searching around around I found the suggestion to hold down the Ctrl
key. I did that. Just as I hit Export, I held down the Ctrl key and Excel
came up and the data was exported. So my question is... what is my solution
since holding down the Ctrl key worked ? What does holding down the Ctrl key
do ?
Thanks,
Debra