Information Bar Appears When I Right-Click A .jpg

[Randy]

When I open a jpg with Internet Explorer and I right-click it and
select properties the Information Bar pops up and says "IE has
restricted this file from showing active content that could access
your computer."

Active content? It's just a jpg.

Does anyone out there know what's going on?


Randy

 

[Joe Guidera]

You have one or more actions defined within IE that are script based (i.e.
active content based) for handling files of type JPG.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Randy,

Changes to Local Machine Zone for Windows XP Service Pack 2:

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) adds a feature control for locking
down the Local Machine zone. The feature control is set through the
FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN member of the INTERNETFEATURELIST enumeration.
It is turned on by default for Internet Explorer (iexplorer.exe) and Windows
Explorer (explorer.exe).
In effect, FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN sets up a special Local Machine
zone-the Local Machine Lockdown zone. Within this new zone, seven URL
actions have different values.

URLACTION_ACTIVEX_OVERRIDE_OBJECT_SAFETY
URLACTION_ACTIVEX_RUN
URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN
URLACTION_CLIENT_CERT_PROMPT
URLACTION_DOWNLOAD_UNSIGNED_ACTIVEX
URLACTION_JAVA_PERMISSIONS
URLACTION_SCRIPT_RUN

Looks like viewing the properties of a local JPG file in Internet Explorer
comes under section "URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN", a new URL action flag added
for Windows XP SP2.

Workarounds:
Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

-or-

Allow URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN by tweaking the lockdown template itself:

URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN corresponds to "Script and Binary Behaviors" Zones
value 2000

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0
In the right--ane, double-click "2000" and set it's value to "0"

Additional reading:
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2: Part 5:
Enhanced Browsing Security:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx

Introduction to URL Security Zones:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/security/szone/overview/overview.asp

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


When I open a jpg with Internet Explorer and I right-click it and
select properties the Information Bar pops up and says "IE has
restricted this file from showing active content that could access
your computer."

Active content? It's just a jpg.

Does anyone out there know what's going on?


Randy

 

[Randy]

Randy,

Changes to Local Machine Zone for Windows XP Service Pack 2:

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) adds a feature control for locking
down the Local Machine zone. The feature control is set through the
FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN member of the INTERNETFEATURELIST enumeration.
It is turned on by default for Internet Explorer (iexplorer.exe) and Windows
Explorer (explorer.exe).
In effect, FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN sets up a special Local Machine
zone-the Local Machine Lockdown zone. Within this new zone, seven URL
actions have different values.

URLACTION_ACTIVEX_OVERRIDE_OBJECT_SAFETY
URLACTION_ACTIVEX_RUN
URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN
URLACTION_CLIENT_CERT_PROMPT
URLACTION_DOWNLOAD_UNSIGNED_ACTIVEX
URLACTION_JAVA_PERMISSIONS
URLACTION_SCRIPT_RUN

Looks like viewing the properties of a local JPG file in Internet Explorer
comes under section "URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN", a new URL action flag added
for Windows XP SP2.

Workarounds:
Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

-or-

Allow URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN by tweaking the lockdown template itself:

URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN corresponds to "Script and Binary Behaviors" Zones
value 2000

Open Registry Editor and navigate to:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0
In the right--ane, double-click "2000" and set it's value to "0"

Additional reading:
Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2: Part 5:
Enhanced Browsing Security:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx

Introduction to URL Security Zones:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/security/szone/overview/overview.asp

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


When I open a jpg with Internet Explorer and I right-click it and
select properties the Information Bar pops up and says "IE has
restricted this file from showing active content that could access
your computer."

Active content? It's just a jpg.

Does anyone out there know what's going on?


Randy

Thanks for the info. From what I gathered I guess I'll just have to
live with the warning. The easiest option from
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm was to allow active content to
run on My Computer but they didn't recommend doing that.


Randy