XP SP2 blocks my local home page

  • Thread starter David .....................M......................
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David .....................M......................

I have installed XP SP2. I have a local html file that is
my home page. It contains a few lines of VB Script.

When I start IE it now blocks my home page because of the
script. How can I permanetly allow this page to be
viewed? The url begins c:\documents and settings\.....

I can not see how to permanently allow this

Many thanks
 
P

Phil

In IE, tools, internet options, security tab, trusted sites, add it as a
trusted site. Set the trusted security how you want by hitting the custom
level button.
 
C

Code-Curious Mom

I had a similar situtation with local HTML files used as custom start
pages. I'm using the 'Mark
of the Web' method which you can find at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/XPSP2/securebrowsing/lockdown_devimp.aspx

It doesn't specify where in the HTML file it should go and most anywhere
seems to work, but I had a file that actually was saved from the web, and
there it was located at the top just before <HTML>. Just be sure there are
no spaces after the
-->
(end of comment mark)
and <HTML>. Not sure why this has to be, but it won't work if there is a
space there. So something like:

<!-- saved from url=(0028)http://www.InternetZone.net/ -->

at the top of your file immediately before <HTML> should fix it. You can
change InternetZone.net to a real web address if
desired, it doesn't matter. The 28 is the number of characters in the web
address following, if you change the address, you'll have to modify the
character count too.
(Before I found this method, I had tried renaming the file to *.hta, but
that lets off the menu and toolbar, which I didn't like at all.)


To totally disable this security feature (which I don't recommend--not all
javascript or other active content is safe):
right click IE|Properties|Advanced| scroll down to 'Security', check 'Allow
active content to run in files on my Computer', click 'OK'.
 
L

Lester Stiefel

David
......................M................................. said:
I have installed XP SP2. I have a local html file that is
my home page. It contains a few lines of VB Script.

When I start IE it now blocks my home page because of the
script. How can I permanetly allow this page to be
viewed? The url begins c:\documents and settings\.....

I can not see how to permanently allow this

Many thanks
Click to expand...
Internet Explorer settings/Security/Allowed sites
/advanced/ allow active content
on local computer.

--
Lester Stiefel
In 2 Timothy 3:1-7, there is a list of the qualities that
Unregenerate man will have in the last days. Is your quality
found there? If So, don't despair - Christ came to save His
people.
 
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David ...............M..............

Thanks Lester

That update to the security settings worked fine.
 

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