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| fccHandler |
| Posted: Apr 29 2005, 06:50 AM |
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I have a lot of cool .swf games. But ever since installing Service Pack 2, when I try to play an .swf file stored on my hard drive, it's always blocked, and a warning is reported in the "Information Bar." I have to click "Allow blocked content," and answer the inevitable "Are you sure?" question, again and again.
Short of disabling the blocker entirely (which I haven't tried), is there something simple I've missed? I tried adding "My Computer" to my Trusted Sites. To my surprise it was accepted, but it hasn't got rid of the annoying block. 
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| phaeron |
| Posted: Apr 29 2005, 07:25 AM |
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Tried switching to Firefox? 
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| fccHandler |
| Posted: Apr 29 2005, 02:35 PM |
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I've thought about it, but I'm kind of set in my ways with IE. Right now this is one of only two new SP2 annoyances I haven't been able to solve.
The other is the new "System Volume Information" folder on my D drive, which I can't get rid of. I figured out how to delete it, but it always reappears at next boot-up.
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| i4004 |
| Posted: Apr 29 2005, 07:31 PM |
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| QUOTE | | I've thought about it, but I'm kind of set in my ways with IE. |
IE RULZ!!!
[danger...cyberman approaching....]
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| fccHandler |
| Posted: Apr 29 2005, 11:06 PM |
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Please let's not turn this into yet another IE vs. Firefox debate, as I'm well familiar with all the pros and cons. Some of my best friends use Firefox, so I hear about it ALL the time. Grrrr...
Surely there's an IE or system setting I've missed? The pre-SP2 IE didn't complain about .swf files played from the hard drive.
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| i4004 |
| Posted: Apr 30 2005, 02:09 AM |
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http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledg...cfm?id=tn_19480
[ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=.swf+files ]
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| fccHandler |
| Posted: Apr 30 2005, 03:21 AM |
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| QUOTE | | Internet Explorer blocks active content that is running locally on your computer unless the content is associated with a domain. This is due to the browser enforcing greater access restrictions for its content when it is local than when it comes from the web. |
Aaargh... I suppose that policy makes sense on a corporate network, but it seems bass-ackwards to me since I'm the sole user of this computer.
Thank you for the link!
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| fccHandler |
| Posted: May 24 2005, 11:10 PM |
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In case anyone's interested, today I finally found a fix for this annoyance! The Administrator can override SP2's default policy in gpedit.msc. Here is the relevant setting:
Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer / Internet Control Panel / Security / Locked-Down Local Machine Zone / Run ActiveX controls and plugins = Enabled
Woo-hoo! 
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| Cyberman |
| Posted: May 25 2005, 08:25 AM |
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| QUOTE (i4004 @ Apr 29 2005, 08:31 PM) | | QUOTE | | I've thought about it, but I'm kind of set in my ways with IE. |
IE RULZ!!!
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Sorry, I didn´t see this thread any earlier.
I´ll say just this - IE doesn´t support (web)standards that are over 6 years old(CSS 2).
It´s a pain to write a site that can be viewed with IE. Reason enough to hate it, IMO.
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