Re: Win XP SP2 problems
From: Roy (Roy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 07:35:42 -0800
The settings to solve this is issue is in the Acrobat Reader.
Start Acrobat ->Edit->Preferences->Options-> Check the options under "Web
Browser Options" Check the box "Display PDF in Browser'.
Hope this is helpful.
Roy
"Ramesh [MVP]" wrote:
> Information bar appears when you open PDF files locally in Internet Explorer
> (Windows XP SP2)?:
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/ie/ielocalpdf.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>
> "Ramesh [MVP]" <ramesh@nojunkmails.com@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:ux0FxU6nEHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Marcalans,
>
> This is not a bug, but due to Local Machine Lockdown implemented in Windows
> XP Service Pack 2.
>
> Workarounds:
>
> See my comment here:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=%23QSWZG%23kEHA.2588%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
>
> -or-
>
> Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
> Pack 2:
> http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
>
> --
> Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>
> "Marcalans" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:440601c49f9f$f90a3a30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> 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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