"Defense manouver" caused me data loss.

Hi, I was using MSN IM with a friend and he trasnfered some files over to me.
When i tried to open them, Windows popped-up a message saying that it had
determined the files were posibly dangerous for the computer and had blocked
access to them. I went to the Help section, but I couldn't follow the
instructions because the files were nowhere in my PC. I asked my friends to
run an antivirus on them, and resend them. He did and said the antivirus
claimed them clean, yet when he resent them, Windows did the same thing over
again. I can't findt he files int he computer, so I can't unblock access to
them. What can I do, if anything, to retreive my files, and what can I do to
keep Windows from doing that again?

Hi,

The default download location is here:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\My Received Files

Right click the files and choose properties, on the general tab click the
button to unblock them.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Joy K427B" <Joy K427B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63D5A1A3-A920-4401-B3C1-5506F9333862@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I was using MSN IM with a friend and he trasnfered some files over to
> me.
> When i tried to open them, Windows popped-up a message saying that it had
> determined the files were posibly dangerous for the computer and had
> blocked
> access to them. I went to the Help section, but I couldn't follow the
> instructions because the files were nowhere in my PC. I asked my friends
> to
> run an antivirus on them, and resend them. He did and said the antivirus
> claimed them clean, yet when he resent them, Windows did the same thing
> over
> again. I can't findt he files int he computer, so I can't unblock access
> to
> them. What can I do, if anything, to retreive my files, and what can I do
> to
> keep Windows from doing that again?

that's what it said on the help file. problem is the files were not in that
folder, nor anywhere else in the computer.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The default download location is here:
> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\My Received Files
>
> Right click the files and choose properties, on the general tab click the
> button to unblock them.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Joy K427B" <Joy K427B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:63D5A1A3-A920-4401-B3C1-5506F9333862@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I was using MSN IM with a friend and he trasnfered some files over to
> > me.
> > When i tried to open them, Windows popped-up a message saying that it had
> > determined the files were posibly dangerous for the computer and had
> > blocked
> > access to them. I went to the Help section, but I couldn't follow the
> > instructions because the files were nowhere in my PC. I asked my friends
> > to
> > run an antivirus on them, and resend them. He did and said the antivirus
> > claimed them clean, yet when he resent them, Windows did the same thing
> > over
> > again. I can't findt he files int he computer, so I can't unblock access
> > to
> > them. What can I do, if anything, to retreive my files, and what can I do
> > to
> > keep Windows from doing that again?
>
>
>

Hi,

From messenger, click tools/options, towards the bottom of the third tab is
the download location in use by the program. Make sure when you are
receiving files that you are saving them, not trying to open them directly.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Joy K427B" <JoyK427B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F9CB013D-7712-43D5-9026-123B5D43AADB@microsoft.com...
> that's what it said on the help file. problem is the files were not in
> that
> folder, nor anywhere else in the computer.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The default download location is here:
>> C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\My Received Files
>>
>> Right click the files and choose properties, on the general tab click the
>> button to unblock them.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Joy K427B" <Joy K427B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:63D5A1A3-A920-4401-B3C1-5506F9333862@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I was using MSN IM with a friend and he trasnfered some files over
>> > to
>> > me.
>> > When i tried to open them, Windows popped-up a message saying that it
>> > had
>> > determined the files were posibly dangerous for the computer and had
>> > blocked
>> > access to them. I went to the Help section, but I couldn't follow the
>> > instructions because the files were nowhere in my PC. I asked my
>> > friends
>> > to
>> > run an antivirus on them, and resend them. He did and said the
>> > antivirus
>> > claimed them clean, yet when he resent them, Windows did the same thing
>> > over
>> > again. I can't findt he files int he computer, so I can't unblock
>> > access
>> > to
>> > them. What can I do, if anything, to retreive my files, and what can I
>> > do
>> > to
>> > keep Windows from doing that again?
>>
>>
>>