On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Matt Jackson wrote:
> I started to write to say that I've checked all possible security
> problems.
> I was wrong, I'd checked all security issues that I was aware of but
> not the one's I wasn't aware of.
> There were some unknown unknowns.
>
> Turns out that many of the files I downloaded have been blocked by
> windows. The message that shows
> up in the file properties dialog box is
> "this file came from another computer and might be blocked to help
> protect this computer"
Oh geez. How are you supposed to update things in Windows then?
> Here's a good article on the issue and some ways to fix the problem
> other than clicking the unblock button individually on all files:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/gblock/archive/2006/12/19/tips-steams-zones-vista-and-blocked-files-in-ie.aspx
OK, I'll take a look at that in the next few days.
> I'll let you know if I still have the problem after I unblock the
> files but I have a feeling that this is the problem.
Please let me know what you find. And if there are any other Windows
users out there who have experience with this issue, please post
whatever advice you can.
-- Ed Leafe
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