"General Mailbox" <nospampls@home.net> wrote in message
news:2fZ7l.21930$gY5.11713@newsfe21.iad...
> Greetings.
> I find that downloading a .swf or .mp3 file extension type from a website
> does not automatically play in IE anymore.
> I don't have a .wmv or .wma file readily available to download, but I can
> put one up on my site and find out if that works. It's should be
> something simple as nothing major has change on my system that I can
> recall in the last year. May be a service, or add-on, or something
> blocking it. Used to be URL ie http://xxxx.mp3 would open QuickTime within
> the browser and http://xxxx.wmv would open WMP with option to show within
> or external of IE. IE will play Quick Time or .swf within the browser if
> opening the file manually on the local machine.
> What am I overlooking?
> Thank you so kindly,
> Kevin
>
> OS: WinXP SP3
> IE: 7 (no other browsers even installed)
> Latest updates from MS
>
Added information neglected in the first post:
IE body area just stays blank, but the bottom left has a yellow flag saying
"Done". Double clicked on it and it shows:
Problems with the Web page might prevent it from being displayed properly or
functioning properly. etc etc
Line: 1
Char: 1
Error: Object expected
Code: 0
URL: http://xxxxx.swf
and
Line: 2
Char: 1
Error: Invalid character
Code: 0
URL: http://xxxxx.swf

Hope this can help. Thanks.
Kevin