Hi all, Sorry to be a bother, as the solution to my "problem" is most likely very easy to resolve. However, I'm rather new to XP and don't know how to figure this out myself. When I try to run an application, I almost always get the following message: - "Open File - Security Warning" "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?" "Name: (x)" "Publisher: Unknown Publisher" "Type: (x)" "From: (x)" "Always ask before opening this file (checkbox)" "This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher. You should only run software from publishers you trust." - It's not the message itself that bothers me. After all, Windows is just trying to be protective. The problem is that regardless of how many times I uncheck the box to, "Always ask before opening this file (checkbox)", I always get the darn warning. It's as if Windows always forgets that I told it not to warn me. How do I stop this? Thanks, Justin

Curious, what is the application? i_XpUser

If you have Service Pack 2, then it may be from Windows Security Center in Control Panel. I think there is were you may be able to make an Exception to that program. I do not have SP2, so do not know. About SP2, Windows Security Center, Data Execution Prevention: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxpsp2/wsc.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883792 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/wscoverview.mspx

Alright jmszczap82, you've not answered my question so I assume you received the warning when you attempt to do THIS. i_XpUser