"Donald Anadell" <danadell@nospamersmikrotec.com> wrote in message
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> "General Mailbox" <nospampls@home.net> wrote in message
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>> "General Mailbox" <nospampls@home.net> wrote in message
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>>> 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
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> In order to have a .swf file open in IE7 when you click on a link that
> leads directly to the .swf file on the Internet(as in the example you've
> posted), you must have Local Machine Lockdown enabled. To enable Local
> Machine Lockdown, you must remove the checkmark in the following:
> "Tools||Internet Options||Advanced||Security||Allow active content to run
> in files on My Computer"
>
> Good luck,
>
> Donald Anadell
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>
>>
>> Hope this can help. Thanks.
>> Kevin

Thank you, Donald. That worked just fine. I would've never guessed and I
did look into the Knowledge base. Is there any disadvantage of having this
unchecked? I do not know what it is suppose to be to begin with.

BTW: I keep years of information from the newsgroups as I never know when it
will come in handy again. So your answers may be used again when I turn
around and help others research their issues. *smiles*
Have a good one!
Kevin