Re: Opening .exe's from web server failing without error

From: BB (Bernard_at_3exp.com)
Date: 01/22/03 

From: "BB" <Bernard_at_3exp.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:46:02 +0800

when you said 'open .exe files' what do you mean
exactly ? execute it or download it ?

what's the error ? check iis log what's the status
code... again check if you have urlscan installed.

what you intend to do with the .exe file ? if
you rename it to .xxx is it working ?

what's the 'executable permission' setting
in the 'home directory' tab ?

Rgds.

"Erik Larsen" <el@t-systems.dk> wrote in message
news:00d301c2c1ef$9e7c0e70$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
> I am working as an it-consultant at the moment for a
> major danish company.
>
> The Company has the exact samme problem as Mr. Davis has
> described.
>
> We have a production and a test inviroment.
> >Servers - Win2000 IIS 5.0
> >Desktops NT, 2000, XP
> >Browser - all IE 5+
>
> It works fine from the test server, but from the
> production server it will not open ".exe" files.
> It has been working fine earlier, but not anymore, and no
> one knows why.
>
> I hope someone can help, with this time consuming problem.
>
> Regr. Erik Larsen
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Problem:
> >We have links to software updates on our intranet
> server. Lately,
> >anything with a .exe extension has been failing to open
> when clicked.
> >When the user clicks the link, they get a dialog box
> asking to "open"
> >or "save". Recently, clicking "open" does nothing. The
> dialog box
> >disappears and nothing is downloaded or opened at all.
> The "save"
> >avenue still works but using that is a hassle for the
> users.
> >
> >This sounds like something that a microsoft security
> patch might have
> >caused(fixed??) but it is only happening when we
> download from the
> >production servers. The development server still works
> as it always
> >has even though all of the same security patches have
> been applied.
> >
> >It has to be server related as all of the PC's we've
> tested behave the
> >same. Work fine from dev server, fail from prod server.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >Servers - Win2000 IIS 5.0
> >Desktops NT, 2000, XP
> >Browser - all IE 5+
> >.
> >

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