Windows XP SP2 and iExplore.exe

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Macsarang wrote:

>After I install XP SP2, Domain users can not execute iexplore.exe, even
>though they are a member of local power users.

>If a user click Explore icon, he gets an error message that indicates he
>does not have a right to execute Explore.

>I have to give the user an administrative previlege in order to run Explore.

>What kind of chages does SP2 makes on local security setting to prevent
>domain users using Explore?

For what it' worth, a few days ago a website tried to install
"iexplore.exe" as an Active X control. SP2 blocked it, and I didn't
choose to allow it to be installed.

But I did think that the whole thing was a bit weird. Isn't
iexplore.exe the file that launches Internet Explorer? If so, why
would a website be trying to install it as an Active X control?

Ken