Everytime someone sends me a file through MSN, like a picture for example. It
downloads fine, but then when I try to open the file, it says "windows has
blocked this as a potentially harmful file" The files i'm trying to recieve
are harmless, i know they are. How do i turn this setting off??

In news:6ED3DFE1-4B33-4E98-8323-6C48DFFBA679@microsoft.com,
Jennn <Jennn@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Everytime someone sends me a file through MSN, like a picture for
> example. It downloads fine, but then when I try to open the file, it
> says "windows has blocked this as a potentially harmful file" The
> files i'm trying to recieve are harmless, i know they are. How do i
> turn this setting off??

I don't know if you can turn it off (or if I'd recommend it) but if you go
to the file itself, right click on it, and select properties you will
probably see an option to "Unblock" it. Click that if you're sure the file
is safe and you should be able to open it without a problem.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."

Sherlock Holmes

you can turn that stupid feature off with the MESS patch.

Why do I call it stupid? Because if you trust someone to have them on your
contact list
you should trust what files that person sends... or you can always scan them
with your antivirus....

go to www.mess.be and and download the mess patch from the link that is on
the right
rumn that patch and it will give you an option for tunring it off (and many
many more things)

kenny
www.computerboom.com

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"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OCDDIkm4FHA.1420@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In news:6ED3DFE1-4B33-4E98-8323-6C48DFFBA679@microsoft.com,
> Jennn <Jennn@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Everytime someone sends me a file through MSN, like a picture for
>> example. It downloads fine, but then when I try to open the file, it
>> says "windows has blocked this as a potentially harmful file" The
>> files i'm trying to recieve are harmless, i know they are. How do i
>> turn this setting off??
>
> I don't know if you can turn it off (or if I'd recommend it) but if you go
> to the file itself, right click on it, and select properties you will
> probably see an option to "Unblock" it. Click that if you're sure the file
> is safe and you should be able to open it without a problem.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> "A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the
> furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the
> lumber-room of his library where he can get it if he wants it."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>

kenny wrote:
> you can turn that stupid feature off with the MESS patch.
>
> Why do I call it stupid? Because if you trust someone to have them on your
> contact list
> you should trust what files that person sends... or you can always scan them
> with your antivirus....
>
> go to www.mess.be and and download the mess patch from the link that is on
> the right
> rumn that patch and it will give you an option for tunring it off (and many
> many more things)


Why should the majority of intelligent people who are capable of
declining a file transfer be inconvenienced because of a few monkeys
who'll accept anything? I recommend the mess.be patch if you trust
yourself... never mind anyone else on your list!
Marc