What is the app that displays the message, or does it appear to be
coming from the OS?  What is the exact message?

 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Weird IE7 problem

 


It truly appears to be an Internet Explorer issue.  Adobe Reader will
open a file just fine.  However, we get the "security policy" note on
all browsers tried. 

Re-installing IE7 fixes things. 

"Richard Stovall" <[email protected]> wrote on 10/14/2009
08:33:11 AM:

> OK.  Next wild shot in the dark. 
>   
> Is this Acrobat Reader?  Have you tried unchecking "Display PDF in 
> browser" in the Internet section of the preferences menu? 
>   
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Weird IE7 problem 
>   
> 
> Tried that in the past...  We've also tried downloading a PDF, then 
> dragging it onto a browser window - still breaks! 
> 
> This is something we're sort-of used to, but to have so many go 
> south (NOTHING do do with Daniel R's "test questions!) in so short a
> period - that had us wondering. 
> 
> BTW, these machines all broke BEFORE the big huge MS Patch Tuesday 
> updates hit. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> --
> RMc 
> 
> "Richard Stovall" <[email protected]> wrote on 
> 10/14/2009 08:19:14 AM:
> 
> > What if you add the server(s) to the trusted sites zone in IE?  If 
> > you paste in the UNC path, IE will change it to something like "
> file://server
> > ".
> > 
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > ------
> > 
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Weird IE7 problem
> > 
> > 
> > Greetings! 
> > 
> > Although we are a Firefox shop, it seems IE7 breaking stops the 
> > opening of PDFs on any and all browsers.  That is, on occasion, a 
> > user will attempt to open a PDF (note - these are part of our 
> > medical consulting application, and ALL these PDFs are on internal 
> > servers), they are greeted with the cheerful notice that the 
> > "security policy" has blocked access to that site...  Again, it is 
> > an internal server being accessed, and all browsers (IE7, FF, Opera,
> > Chrome; Safari is banned) return this message. 
> > 
> > We run an installation of IE7 over the top, and all is well. 
> > 
> > On TUE (Friday the 13th came a few days early), we had about a dozen
> > machines get hit with this (so far) throughout the day. 
> > 
> > Anyone else out there have this kind of fun? 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > -- 
> > Richard D. McClary 
> > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group 
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