"General Mailbox" <nospampls@home.net> wrote in message
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> "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
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hope this can help. Thanks.
>>> Kevin
>

> Thank you, Donald.

You're welcome.

> 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?

No

> I do not know what it is suppose to be to begin with.

Unchecked is the default setting.

Additional Resource:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/934366

Good luck,

Donald Anadell


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> 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
>