Registry Editor

[Guest]

In the Registry Editor under hkey users there is a Domain Folder under
ZoneMap, can anyone tell me what and where did those domain sites come from?
Can I delete them? Thank you.

 

[Nepatsfan]

In (e-mail address removed) Sandra
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In the Registry Editor under hkey users there is a Domain
Folder under ZoneMap, can anyone tell me what and where did
those domain sites come from? Can I delete them? Thank you.

Do you have Spybot S & D installed on your computer? If so, did
you use the "Immunize" feature? How about SpywareBlaster? Those
are two antispyware programs whose immunization capabilities
would result in the registry key you're seeing. If you don't
have either of those programs installed, check the security
applications you have installed.

Also, you might want to do the following:
Go to Control Panel and double click Internet Options.
Click on the Security tab.
Click on the "Restricted Sites" icon.
Hit the Sites button.
The sites listed here should match the registry entries.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

Unless the system has been compromised, DO NOT DELETE THEM. They are the
Zones for Internet Explorer ... Trusted, Internet, Local intranet and
Restricted.

Description of Internet Explorer security zones registry entries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569

The Domains key contains domains and protocols that have been added to
change their behavior from the default behavior. When a domain is added,
a key is added to the Domains key. Subdomains appear as keys under the domain
where they belong. Each key that lists a domain contains a DWORD with a value
name of the affected protocol. The value of the DWORD is the same as the numeric
value of the security zone where the domain is added.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

 

[Guest]

Yes. Spybot S & D is installed on my computer and the Immunize feature could
have been used. I did go to the Internet Options-Security Tab-Restricted
Sites and there was not any sites listed (it was blank). Do you think I can
delete them?

 

[Guest]

There is no way these web sites should beTrusted! I do not think I have
guided you to the right area in the Registry. To get to this folder go to
HKey_Users - Internet Explorer-ZoneMap-Domain (this is where 75+ sites are
listed).

Unless the system has been compromised, DO NOT DELETE THEM. They are the
Zones for Internet Explorer ... Trusted, Internet, Local intranet and
Restricted.

Description of Internet Explorer security zones registry entries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569

The Domains key contains domains and protocols that have been added to
change their behavior from the default behavior. When a domain is added,
a key is added to the Domains key. Subdomains appear as keys under the domain
where they belong. Each key that lists a domain contains a DWORD with a value
name of the affected protocol. The value of the DWORD is the same as the numeric
value of the security zone where the domain is added.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

In the Registry Editor under hkey users there is a Domain Folder under
ZoneMap, can anyone tell me what and where did those domain sites come from?
Can I delete them? Thank you.

 

[Nepatsfan]

So did you run Spybot S & D and check the immunization status?

When you were in Internet Options did you check Trusted Sites?
Take a look and see if the sites are listed there.

Go back to the registry and click on a few of the sites listed
under Zone Map.
Look in the right hand pane under the Data column.
What's the number in parentheses?
How many sites are listed?
Also, pick out a few examples of the sites that don't sound X
rated and post them in your response.

The bottom line is that you can delete all those sites listed
under Zone Map. What you won't know is how they got there.

Nepatsfan

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[Guest]

Name is a * and Data is 0X00000004 (4)

This is under HKEY_USERS - .DEFAULT - Software - Microsoft - Windows -
Internet Settings - ZoneMap - Domains.
Next there is a folder with ProtocolDefaults, a lot of folders with Range#'s
(these have a 3 in parentheses).
Next there is a Zones folder and it has folders with #'s and there are a lot
of Names and the Data is all different with a lot of 0X00000000 (0) and one
has an Icon with Data "explorer.exe#0100.

 

[Nepatsfan]

Seeing as how the subkeys under Domains have a Value data of 4,
it sounds as if they were added at some point in time to the
Internet Explorer Restricted Sites Zone. The article that
MowGreen mentioned in his responses points this out. Did you
read it?

Description of Internet Explorer security zones registry
entries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182569#XSLTH4233121124120121120120

Instead of deleting those entries my advice would be to run
Spybot S & D and enable immunization.

Doing so will add a number of sites to the Internet Explorer
Restricted Sites Zone. Those are sites you don't want to visit.
They'd also show up under these registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges

If you are determined to delete the registry entries under
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, at least do it right. Export the entire
ZoneMap key. Do not touch ProtocolDefaults or Zones. Only
delete subkeys under Domains and Ranges. If there's a problem
later on you can double click the ZoneMap.reg file you saved
earlier and merge it back into your registry.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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[Guest]

Thank you very much for all your help and information.
Before I close may I ask if you could direct me to where I can get help on
opening a CD that gives me this message “QuickBooks cannot open this file
because it exists as a Read-Only file? Make the file Read-Writable and then
try opening it againâ€.
It is not a backup that I am trying to open. It is a working file. I am in
desperate need to get this open to send out IRS l099’s before Tuesday. I
have Nero and InCD but I do not know how to use them.

 

[David Candy]

Copy it to hard drive. CDs are read only.

 

[Nepatsfan]

You're welcome. Hopefully, I was able to shed a little light on
your issue.

As David Candy said, as long as you copy the .QBW file off the
CD to a location on your hard drive, you should be able to open
that company file.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In (e-mail address removed) Sandra
wrote:

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for all your help and information.
Before I close may I ask if you could direct me to where I can get help on
opening a CD that gives me this message “QuickBooks cannot open this file
because it exists as a Read-Only file? Make the file Read-Writable and then
try opening it againâ€.
It is not a backup that I am trying to open. It is a working file. I am in
desperate need to get this open to send out IRS l099’s before Tuesday. I
have Nero and InCD but I do not know how to use them.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. How do I copy it to the hard drive?

Copy it to hard drive. CDs are read only.


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[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

You simply copy the file from cd into a folder on your hard drive.

Tom

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

You simply copy the file from cd into a folder on your hard drive.

Tom

Thank you very much for all your help and information.
Before I close may I ask if you could direct me to where I can get help on
opening a CD that gives me this message "QuickBooks cannot open this file
because it exists as a Read-Only file? Make the file Read-Writable and
then
try opening it again".
It is not a backup that I am trying to open. It is a working file. I am
in
desperate need to get this open to send out IRS l099's before Tuesday. I
have Nero and InCD but I do not know how to use them.

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much.

You're welcome. Hopefully, I was able to shed a little light on
your issue.

As David Candy said, as long as you copy the .QBW file off the
CD to a location on your hard drive, you should be able to open
that company file.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

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