I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx, if
oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites, one
will not be able to browse the web.

Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted sites AND
I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.

Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??

"...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."

No, that's not correct and always has been.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Blue Arrow wrote:
> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx,
> if oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites,
> one will not be able to browse the web.
>
> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted sites
> AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
>
> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??

Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??

UAC, Protected Mode, Flip, Flip 3D, Aero on certain versions, etc....

You cannot downgrade IE7 - it comes with Vista

Windows Vista User Account Control Step by Step Guide
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

How to troubleshoot Internet Explorer 7 issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936215
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Gistcheckin


"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
> sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
>
> No, that's not correct and always has been.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Blue Arrow wrote:
> > I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
> > downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx,
> > if oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites,
> > one will not be able to browse the web.
> >
> > Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
> > Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted sites
> > AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
> >
> > Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??
>

Well, I never! In the last, God knows how many years I have never been able
to browse the web with security setting at High. I always got the
message,'Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the
Intenet Explorer enhanced security configuration.' Honest to God that is
what I have always found. And that is what I got this time as well. Then the
website came on to a fashion and since then everything has been coming
trough fine.

If this is the case then, pardon my ignorance, why have these settings!!

"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23gbNJyiwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
> sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
>
> No, that's not correct and always has been.
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Blue Arrow wrote:
>> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
>> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx, if
>> oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites, one
>> will not be able to browse the web.
>>
>> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
>> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted sites
>> AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
>>
>> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??

The security settings are there to improve the security of your browsing
experience (hopefully), not to prevent your ability to browse. What good
is a browser that can't browse?

Setting very restrictive security settings can prevent you from reaching
a particular web page or part thereof, but that's because the web page
contains an element you have shutoff (meta-refresh, for example), not
because you've prevented the browser from working.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Blue Arrow wrote:
> Well, I never! In the last, God knows how many years I have never been
> able to browse the web with security setting at High. I always got the
> message,'Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the
> Intenet Explorer enhanced security configuration.' Honest to God that is
> what I have always found. And that is what I got this time as well. Then
> the website came on to a fashion and since then everything has been
> coming trough fine.
>
> If this is the case then, pardon my ignorance, why have these settings!!
>
> "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23gbNJyiwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
>> sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
>>
>> No, that's not correct and always has been.
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>>
>> Blue Arrow wrote:
>>> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
>>> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using
>>> IEx, if oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in
>>> trusted sites, one will not be able to browse the web.
>>>
>>> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
>>> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted
>>> sites AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
>>>
>>> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??
>

When using High Security Settings:

Setting the level to High may cause some Web sites to work incorrectly. If
you have difficulty using a Web site after you change this setting and you
are sure the site is safe to use, you can add that site to your list of
trusted sites. This will allow the site to work correctly even with the High
security setting.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/com.../browsing.mspx

As for running it at High Settings, are you using the Run As Administrator
option when you do launch IE, BlueArrow?
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Gistcheckin


"Blue Arrow" wrote:

> Well, I never! In the last, God knows how many years I have never been able
> to browse the web with security setting at High. I always got the
> message,'Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the
> Intenet Explorer enhanced security configuration.' Honest to God that is
> what I have always found. And that is what I got this time as well. Then the
> website came on to a fashion and since then everything has been coming
> trough fine.
>
> If this is the case then, pardon my ignorance, why have these settings!!
>
> "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23gbNJyiwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
> > sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
> >
> > No, that's not correct and always has been.
> >
> > ---
> > Leonard Grey
> > Errare humanum est
> >
> > Blue Arrow wrote:
> >> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
> >> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx, if
> >> oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites, one
> >> will not be able to browse the web.
> >>
> >> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
> >> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted sites
> >> AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
> >>
> >> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??
>
>

Thanks everybody for enlightening me. I am logged in as standard user and
start IE as standard user.

"Gistcheckin" <Gistcheckin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:245B6B20-2119-4E44-B0C3-66DCAD72E60A@microsoft.com...
> When using High Security Settings:
>
> Setting the level to High may cause some Web sites to work incorrectly. If
> you have difficulty using a Web site after you change this setting and you
> are sure the site is safe to use, you can add that site to your list of
> trusted sites. This will allow the site to work correctly even with the
> High
> security setting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect/com.../browsing.mspx
>
> As for running it at High Settings, are you using the Run As Administrator
> option when you do launch IE, BlueArrow?
> --
> Gistcheckin
>
>
> "Blue Arrow" wrote:
>
>> Well, I never! In the last, God knows how many years I have never been
>> able
>> to browse the web with security setting at High. I always got the
>> message,'Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the
>> Intenet Explorer enhanced security configuration.' Honest to God that is
>> what I have always found. And that is what I got this time as well. Then
>> the
>> website came on to a fashion and since then everything has been coming
>> trough fine.
>>
>> If this is the case then, pardon my ignorance, why have these settings!!
>>
>> "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23gbNJyiwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
>> > sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
>> >
>> > No, that's not correct and always has been.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Leonard Grey
>> > Errare humanum est
>> >
>> > Blue Arrow wrote:
>> >> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
>> >> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx,
>> >> if
>> >> oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites,
>> >> one
>> >> will not be able to browse the web.
>> >>
>> >> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
>> >> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted
>> >> sites
>> >> AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
>> >>
>> >> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??
>>
>>

You're welcome. Happy hunting!
--
Gistcheckin


"Blue Arrow" wrote:

> Thanks everybody for enlightening me. I am logged in as standard user and
> start IE as standard user.
>
> "Gistcheckin" <Gistcheckin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:245B6B20-2119-4E44-B0C3-66DCAD72E60A@microsoft.com...
> > When using High Security Settings:
> >
> > Setting the level to High may cause some Web sites to work incorrectly. If
> > you have difficulty using a Web site after you change this setting and you
> > are sure the site is safe to use, you can add that site to your list of
> > trusted sites. This will allow the site to work correctly even with the
> > High
> > security setting.
> > http://www.microsoft.com/protect/com.../browsing.mspx
> >
> > As for running it at High Settings, are you using the Run As Administrator
> > option when you do launch IE, BlueArrow?
> > --
> > Gistcheckin
> >
> >
> > "Blue Arrow" wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I never! In the last, God knows how many years I have never been
> >> able
> >> to browse the web with security setting at High. I always got the
> >> message,'Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the
> >> Intenet Explorer enhanced security configuration.' Honest to God that is
> >> what I have always found. And that is what I got this time as well. Then
> >> the
> >> website came on to a fashion and since then everything has been coming
> >> trough fine.
> >>
> >> If this is the case then, pardon my ignorance, why have these settings!!
> >>
> >> "Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
> >> news:%23gbNJyiwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > "...if one sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted
> >> > sites, one will not be able to browse the web..."
> >> >
> >> > No, that's not correct and always has been.
> >> >
> >> > ---
> >> > Leonard Grey
> >> > Errare humanum est
> >> >
> >> > Blue Arrow wrote:
> >> >> I have just started using IE7 on Vista and I am wondering if I should
> >> >> downgrade it. For as long as I can remember and I have been using IEx,
> >> >> if
> >> >> oen sets security to the highest with no exceptions in trusted sites,
> >> >> one
> >> >> will not be able to browse the web.
> >> >>
> >> >> Well, that is how I have got set up in 'Internet
> >> >> Options-Security-Internet/local intranet/trusted sites/restricted
> >> >> sites
> >> >> AND I can browse as if the security settings were at it's lowest.
> >> >>
> >> >> Has anything changed in Vista. If so, what and how??
> >>
> >>
>
>