Comments on: XP/Vista: Disable “This page has an unspecified potential security risk” Message http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html Tech Resources Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:31:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tom http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-2691 Tom Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:58:56 +0000 http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-2691 This problem drives me crazy. I want this prompt on the Internet with Internet Explorer but not on my LAN with Windows Explorer. Why does Microsoft pick on the ZIP archive format but not others (e.g. RAR)? This problem drives me crazy. I want this prompt on the Internet with Internet Explorer but not on my LAN with Windows Explorer.

Why does Microsoft pick on the ZIP archive format but not others (e.g. RAR)?

]]> By: NoMorePrompts http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-2499 NoMorePrompts Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:55:37 +0000 http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-2499 Hey - thanks Psycros! Worked like a charm. I work with network files all the time and got really fed up with the stupid/unnecessary prompt whenever I wanted to extract a ZIP file...but now it's history! Cheers! Hey - thanks Psycros! Worked like a charm. I work with network files all the time and got really fed up with the stupid/unnecessary prompt whenever I wanted to extract a ZIP file…but now it’s history!

Cheers!

]]> By: psycros http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-1673 psycros Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:41:55 +0000 http://www.technipages.com/xpvista-disable-this-page-has-an-unspecified-potential-security-risk-message.html#comment-1673 Here's a simpler solution. In Control Panel, go to Internet Options> Security> Custom Level> Miscellaneous. There's an entry titled "Launching Applications and Unsafe Files (not secure)". I set it to "enable" and these stupid prompts went away. I'm virtually certain that the warnings only show up for ZIP files on mapped resources. Conceivably that *might* include unsafe FTP sites if (a)you view them as folders and, (b)have something on there mapped as a drive. Honestly, I would ONLY see this being done for trusted servers (company data dumps, etc). - Psycros the Ponderous Here’s a simpler solution. In Control Panel, go to Internet Options> Security> Custom Level> Miscellaneous. There’s an entry titled “Launching Applications and Unsafe Files (not secure)”. I set it to “enable” and these stupid prompts went away. I’m virtually certain that the warnings only show up for ZIP files on mapped resources. Conceivably that *might* include unsafe FTP sites if (a)you view them as folders and, (b)have something on there mapped as a drive. Honestly, I would ONLY see this being done for trusted servers (company data dumps, etc).

- Psycros the Ponderous

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