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IE Security Level Keeps Resetting
Name: dagr8est Date: July 28, 2004 at 21:18:39 Pacific OS: WinXP CPU/Ram: N/A
Comment:
I've got a problem where my internet explorer security level just won't stay still. See, I kept getting a warning about every minute when using IE that "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page..." so I changed my security level to low and the warning stopped popping up. The problem is that everytime I restart my computer, the security level somehow resets by itself and I start to get the warning again. Has anyone else run into this problem and know how to fix it? Any help would be appreciated.
Name: c0pyfiles Date: July 29, 2004 at 00:39:31 Pacific
Reply:
Go to control panel >>internet options and set your security to default levels apply and then ok out. Now open up your firewall and reset that to match your new settings and you should be ok.
Self-reverence Self-knowledge Self-control These three alone LEAD to SUCCESS -Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Response Number 2
Name: dagr8est Date: July 29, 2004 at 03:06:30 Pacific
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I don't have a firewall and it's really weird because sometimes when I change the security setting to low and click apply/ok, it will immediately go back to custom and I keep getting the warning. Even when I disconnect the internet, I still get the warning. However, when I run in safe mode, everything is fine. Btw, the warnings pop up like crazy ocassionally, like 1 every second. Completely freezes up the computer. I'm starting to think that maybe it is a virus... I relly need help with this so anybody who knows anything, please post! :)
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Response Number 3
Name: bessie Date: July 29, 2004 at 06:59:18 Pacific
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Do you have administrators rights?
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Response Number 4
Name: dagr8est Date: July 29, 2004 at 19:18:52 Pacific
Reply:
Yes I have access to the administrator account on my computer.
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Response Number 5
Name: bessie Date: July 30, 2004 at 07:31:17 Pacific
Summary: Most access to the internet is thru Port 80. I don't know why your internet security level keeps resetting to a higher level than low unless there is an active firewall which blocks port 80. It coul...
Summary: It worked. Wow... how is anyone supposed to figure that out. Incidentally, I had a similar problem with IE. The Status Bar kept disappearing. I later found it that the way to keep it is to enable the ...
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