Blocked Files

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Greetings,

It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A97EA48E-3CB9-4598-8D2E-CDDC4AB37FDF@microsoft.com...
>I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
> files.
> I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
> extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
> viruses in.
> So why have they blocked all of these?
> Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
> Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
> disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
> "we did warn you"

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Hi Peter,

There sure is, just download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to completely restart the Messenger client to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B5395A4D-7AD8-466F-93E0-05FF379AEA7C@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to disable the blockedness?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> It is a feature of SP2; these "blocked files" are also mirrored in Outlook Express and any
>> other application supports SP2 Attachment Execution Service (AES).
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A97EA48E-3CB9-4598-8D2E-CDDC4AB37FDF@microsoft.com...
>> >I still can't work out the exact reason for the extensive list of blocked
>> > files.
>> > I know that some of them are to stop the virus from spreading, but other
>> > extensions (i think .mp3 and .avi come to mind) i've never heard of having
>> > viruses in.
>> > So why have they blocked all of these?
>> > Is it an anti-piracy ploy?
>> > Is there going to be a relaxation of these, maybe disabling the ability to
>> > disable the warning message about receiving files, then at least MS can say
>> > "we did warn you"
>>
>>
>>