XP Pro Blocking Outlook Attachments?

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/31/04


Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:26:46 -0800

just like the other 3000 posts on this subject:
uncheck the setting in security that says block
attachments that may harm the computer. It in outlook's
setting under security tab...
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Outlook 2000 is blocking me from saving a .pst file which
>is attached to an email I received.
>The error is:
>"Outlook blocked access to the following potentially
>unsafe attachments: personal.pst"
>
>Selecting "File -> Save Attachment" does nothing.
>
>This issue only started to occur after I upgraded from 2K
>Pro to XP Pro approximately 1 week ago. Windows
>automatically patched XP with the latest SP during the
>install.
>
>Please can you tell me how I can save it or reset these
>security settings?
>
>Many thanks
>Andy
>
>.
>



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