RE: Win XP SP2 problems

From: Marcalans (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:58:10 -0700

Thanks, but I had already read that information on the
Information Bar. As I mentioned, I cannot seem to disable
the information bar even when I follow the official
Microsoft instructions. Lowering my browser security
settings and enabling ActiveX controls does not help.

I want the PDF files to appear in the browser window just
as they did before installation of SP2. This is no longer
possible even when I attempt to open a PDF that is already
stored on my local computer. I can no longer open up PDF
files in my browser from my company's intranet or LAN,
even if I'm not connected to the Internet. I've talked to
several others who are having the same problem and claim
it's due to some kind of SP2 bug.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Refer to this KB ARticle about the information bar.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;843017&Product=winxp
>
>Regarding the PDF file, right click on the link and
choose save target as or
>open in another window and see what happens.
>
>Try resetting the security settings to the default
settings. You might have
>set it to high somewhere which blocks all files.
>
>Regards
>M. Rajesh
>..Net and Windows Shell MVP
>www.winxpsolution.com
>
>"marcalans" wrote:
>
>> I installed SP2 over Win XP Pro and I find the
information
>> bar extremely annoying but can't seem to disable it. I
>> followed the instructions to enable ActiveX controls in
>> IE's security settings, but the information bar won't
go
>> away.
>>
>> Furthermore, I can no longer open PDF files locally
from a
>> link in my browser. The information bar indicates that
the
>> PDF could be harmful. I instruct the browser to allow
the
>> blocked content, but only an image placeholder appears
in
>> the browser window instead of the file. I set up
Acrobat
>> as a security exception, but that didn't work.
>>
>> Until I and my company migrate to the Java Desktop or
>> another Linux variant, I would appreciate some help
with
>> Microsoft's overly intrusive tools.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Marcalans
>>
>.
>

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