MS Access via ADO from a local HTML page within WebBrowser..

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Abstract: I cannot get past an ADO error: "Safety settings on this computer
prohibit accessing a data source on another domain".

My code hosts the WebBrowser control using the ATL's CAxDialogImpl<>. A
local Web page (accessed via file is opened in a hosted instance of
WebBrowser. The script in this page attempts to connect to a local MS Access
database via ADO.

This page works fine in either a standalone browser or a hosted instance of
WebBrowser on systems other than Windows XP SP2. This page does NOT work in
either IE or WebBrowser under Windows XP SP2 unless:



Context: the code does not work under Windows XP SP2