Sure sounds like Protected mode is off...you have double check both the IE
settings and UAC settings?
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"phpmaven" <phpmaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Protected Mode: Off
>
> "Josh" wrote:
>
>> What does it say in the IE status bar at the bottom of the browsre
>> window?
>>
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>> "phpmaven" <phpmaven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > I'm running Vista RTM and have UAC enabled and have checked "Enable
>> > Proteced
>> > Mode" in IE7 and yet the information bar says "Protected Mode: Off". Is
>> > this
>> > just a bug or is Protected Mode actually not running?
>>