Opening CHM files over network

[Guest]

I have a CHM file that I can open it if I copy it locally to my machine, but
it will not open from a network shared drive. I have full permissions to the
file where it is stored. I am running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
Do I have to enable something in XP to view CHM files that are on a network?

 

[Juergen Heckel]

I have a CHM file that I can open it if I copy it locally to my machine, but
it will not open from a network shared drive. I have full permissions to the
file where it is stored. I am running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
Do I have to enable something in XP to view CHM files that are on a network?

Hi,
please read this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054

or you can use this registry import (without reading):

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
"EnableFrameNavigationInSafeMode"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001


Regards

 

[Guest]

I also had this problem and applied the below registry edit (Thanks!) using a
GPO computer startup script. However, the startup scripts now take ten
minutes to complete on a Windows 2000 PC. I disabled the GPO and things are
back to normal. I guess I will have to figure out another way to roll this
out to the enterprise. I've run batch files before in GPO startup scripts
without problem, don't know why this one is causing such long processing time.

I have a CHM file that I can open it if I copy it locally to my machine, but
it will not open from a network shared drive. I have full permissions to the
file where it is stored. I am running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.
Do I have to enable something in XP to view CHM files that are on a network?

Hi,
please read this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896054

or you can use this registry import (without reading):

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
"EnableFrameNavigationInSafeMode"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001


Regards

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Bett" <[email protected]>

| I also had this problem and applied the below registry edit (Thanks!) using a
| GPO computer startup script. However, the startup scripts now take ten
| minutes to complete on a Windows 2000 PC. I disabled the GPO and things are
| back to normal. I guess I will have to figure out another way to roll this
| out to the enterprise. I've run batch files before in GPO startup scripts
| without problem, don't know why this one is causing such long processing time.


Create a REG file from the post and in your Login Script execute...

regedit /s RegFileName.reg

 

[Guest]

That's exactly what I did per the KB instructions, startup script still hangs
like it's waiting for user input. When I run the batch file in the UI, it
executes great, no problems, no waiting for user input. Are startup scripts
like this considered anonymous access to the registry? I do have that
restricted via another GPO.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Bett" <[email protected]>

| That's exactly what I did per the KB instructions, startup script still hangs
| like it's waiting for user input. When I run the batch file in the UI, it
| executes great, no problems, no waiting for user input. Are startup scripts
| like this considered anonymous access to the registry? I do have that
| restricted via another GPO.
|

I haven't read the KB article that is just the way I would go about it.

However, the user running the script would have to have sufficient rights to modify the
Registry.

I don't have specific information in that arena. Sorry :-(

 

[dazfitzg]

Error in registry keys in earlier reply

If you copied the registry keys out of the earlier replies, it will not work as there is an extra space between the 1.x and the \

A corrected version is shown below copy this and save it as hhctl.reg and apply the file to the registry.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
"EnableFrameNavigationInSafeMode"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
"MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001


This should now work

Hope this is of some help.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "dazfitzg" <dazfitzg.1s23hz@>

| If you copied the registry keys out of the earlier replies, it will not
| work as there is an extra space between the 1.x and the \
|
| A corrected version is shown below copy this and save it as hhctl.regand apply the file to
| the registry.
|
| REGEDIT4
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp]
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\HHRestrictions]
| "MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
| "EnableFrameNavigationInSafeMode"=dword:00000001
|
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions]
| "MaxAllowedZone"=dword:00000001
|
| This should now work
|
| Hope this is of some help.-- dazfitzgPosted from http://www.pcreview.co.uk/ newsgroup
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That cool !

I must admit that I did not even look into the Registry data. Thanx for updating the thread
with this.