How to put windows help into trusted zone? [rephrased]

[Guest]

Oh, I got so excited when I saw there was an answer to my first post!

However, I wasn't very clear in my original post (I was very tired). I don't
need access to the security of the My Computer zone; though it's nice to know
it's there.

Here is the problem rephrased.

To duplicate, set your internet zone to not allow scripting or active
content. Open Control Panel (in xp style) and navigate to User Accounts. Now
click on "Learn about - User Accounts" in the left column. The window changes
the upper left icon from Control Panel symbol to IE symbol, and the error bar
opens with the message "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has
restricted this file from showing active content that could access your
computer. Click here for options...".

Apparently this part of help is in the Internet Zone in spite of what the IE
help says to the contrary. The window says "My Computer" in the lower right,
but it still is shown in the list of windows explorer programs,and it's not
using the My Computer security settings.

What I'm trying to do as a workaround is to somehow add the help address to
the list of Trusted zones. But I can't figure out how to format the address
in a way that the trusted zone will accept in its list; and that will make
the help work. The address in the help window is
"ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\help\nusrmgr.chm::/HelpWindowsAccounts.htm". I did manage
to get the list to accept a few things ("ms-its:" and "file://ms-its:C:"),
but these didn't help fix the problem.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Vanguard]

To duplicate, set your internet zone to not allow scripting or active
content.

Set the following options as follows:

Prompt : Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins
Prompt : Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting
Prompt : Scripting -> Active scripting

I set to Prompt instead of disable. I should get a prompt asking if I want
to allow.

Open Control Panel (in xp style) and navigate to User Accounts. Now
click on "Learn about - User Accounts" in the left column. The window
changes
the upper left icon from Control Panel symbol to IE symbol, and the error
bar
opens with the message "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer
has
restricted this file from showing active content that could access your
computer. Click here for options...".

Not on my host. I don't get the IE icon in the titlebar for the User
Accounts windows; i.e., it remains the Fisher-Price 2-people head icon. The
IE icons does get used in the titlebar for the NEW window that gets opened
to display the help. However, that help window is NOT an instance if
Internet Explorer. With no IE windows open, and after opening this help
window using the link from the User Account window, go look in Task Manager
and you won't see an instance of iexplorer.exe. If you add the Thread Count
column to the Process panel in Task Manager, opening this help window will
add another thread to the mshta.exe process (MS HTML Application).

Apparently this part of help is in the Internet Zone in spite of what the
IE
help says to the contrary.

Nope, it is another thread to the mshta.exe process which is running locally
(so it would be governed by the My Computer security zone). mshta.exe is
used to display HTML-formatted content but it is ran locally and not in the
Internet security zone; i.e., these are HTML *applications* that run
locally, not HTML content downloaded from somewhere to then get rendered
within a browser. I upped the security options as you mentioned in the
Internet zone and did NOT get interrupted as you did.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/hta/overview/htaoverview.asp

Read the first paragraph. There is also a Security section. HTAs are as
trusted an any other application that you install. I have to wonder,
however, if the My Computer security zone doesn't get used since it is also
applied when you run local applications.

The window says "My Computer" in the lower right,
but it still is shown in the list of windows explorer programs,and it's
not
using the My Computer security settings.

There is no status bar displayed at the bottom of the User Accounts windows
or in the Learn About window that opens when you click on the link that you
mention. I don't know how YOU are displaying those windows.