[RESOLVED] Security alert on IE

[wallacekp]

This may not be appropriate to this forum - apols if it isn't.

I have written a programme which produces a HTML file which then is displayed in IE. However, this is on a closed circuit (not connected to internet) and I wonder if I can disable the warning which appears whenever IE opens.

[bathurst_guy]

Yes you just need to add the URL into your safe list in privacy settings.

[wallacekp]

Thanks bathurst_guy. However, the file I want to display is on C: . When I enter File:///C: etc, I get an alert saying it must start with http etc.

[bathurst_guy]

Make sure you add it in the Intranet section, not the Internet section.

[wallacekp]

Good point well made!! However, I still get the warning.

[bathurst_guy]

The original warning when IE opens the page, what does it say?

[coothead]

Hi there wallacekp,
I have written a programme which produces a HTML file which then is displayed in IE....
....I wonder if I can disable the warning which appears whenever IE opens.
As this only happens locally, it is probably a Mark of the Web issue. ;)
To effect a cure for the page add this snippet of code directly after the DOCTYPE...

<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->

To permanently disable this information do this...

open IE.
click 'Tools'.
click 'Internet Options'.
click 'Advanced' tab.
scroll down to 'Security'.
check 'Allow active content to run on My Computer'.
click 'Apply'.
click 'OK'
have a beer. ;)

Further reading:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/motw.asp
coothead

[wallacekp]

Coothead - respect! Your permanent solution has fixed the problem. I shall try the code solution later but as it's a stand alone, dedicated laptop running this programme and nothing else, the permanent one doesnt have a down side.

And all of this from a couple of miles away Woodham to Chertsey!

[wallacekp]

As you can see, bath_urst guy, I think coothead has solved the problem but I am grateful to you for your interest. For info, the warning message is "To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer. Click here for options."

[coothead]

Hi there wallacekp,

I just looked out of the window and I can see your house from here. :)

coothead

p.s. pleased to have helped solve your problem. ;)

[Sakari]

Yes you just need to add the URL into your safe list in privacy settings.