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Hi Rock,
Sorry, I replied to Tim and included the original message below:
>
>We currently load our intranet page from group policy using the .lnk file
>which then starts a .cmd file which loads the intranet page. As we
upgraded
>to WXP SP2 and Attachment manager views the .lnk file type as high risk we
>would like to find an alternative way of doing this.
>
>Any ideas
Best regards,
Rebecca Chen
MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>Rebecca Chen [MSFT] wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim ,
>>
>> I am not quite catch your meaning. Do you mean you deploy a link
shortcut
>> which point to your intranet site? However, the Attachment manager shows
>> the link is high risk? Please correct me if I am off base.
>>
>> Attachment manager has the different behavior in Windows XP SP2 than in
>> SP1 and take lnk file as the high risk one as described in the following
>> article below. I would like extract the contents below:
>>
>> If the Attachment Manager identifies an attachment that might be unsafe,
>> the Attachment Manager prevents you from opening the file, or it warns
you
>> before you open the file. The following determine whether you are
prevented
>> from opening the file or whether you are warned before you open the
file:?
>> The type of program that you are using.
>> ? The file type that you are downloading or trying to open.
>> ? The security settings of the Web content zone that you are downloading
>> the file from.
>>
>> Note You can configure the Web content zones in Microsoft Internet
Explorer
>> on the Security tab. To view the Web content zones, click Tools, click
>> Internet Options, and then click the Security tab. The following are the
>> four Web content zones: ? Internet
>> ? Local intranet
>> ? Trusted sites
>> ? Restricted sites
>>
>> The Attachment Manager uses the IAttachmentExecute application
programming
>> interface (API) to find the file type, to find the file association, and
to
>> determine the most appropriate action.
>>
>> Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Windows Messenger, and Microsoft
>> Internet Explorer use the Attachment Manager to handle e-mail
attachments
>> and Internet downloads.
>>
>> The Attachment Manager classifies files that you receive or that you
>> download based on the file type and the file name extension. Attachment
>> Manager classifies files types as high risk, medium risk, and low risk.
>>
>> You can open a blocked file from a known source if you want to. To open
a
>> blocked file, follow these steps:1. Right-click the blocked file, and
then
>> click Properties.
>> 2. In the General tab, click Unblock.
>>
>> Therefore, you can add lnk file as unblock file. For more details,
please
>> refer to the following article:
>>
>> Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service
Pack 2
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
>>
>> HTH!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rebecca Chen
>>
>> MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA
>>
>>
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>>
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>> that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
>>
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>>
>
>Rebecca would you please quote at least part of the message to which you
>reply? Thanks.
>
>--
>Rock
>MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>
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