"FromTheRafters" wrote:
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>
> "David Ocampo" <daocampo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:58F4B8E4-798B-44C8-B4C2-934F8AB1C395@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Dear Windows Vista Community,
> >
> > Every time I want to open a .url file using the customized Links menu on
> > the deskbar (channel bar), I get a dialog box with a security
> > warning message "Do you want to open this file?"
>
> Yeah, that's to make sure the user really meant to ask the
> OS to take an action. Kind of like a gun that asks you if
> you really want to fire a bullet after you pull the trigger.
>
> It's a safety feature.
> Quote:
> > How do I disable this security warning dialog box from popping up?
>
> Why would you want to? Just to rid yourself of a minor
> annoyance?
> Quote:
> > I am confident my Avast! virus definitions will detect and intercept any
> > virus or spyware attached to any url before the file is opened, so I
> > really
> > don't need this feature, it is annoying.
>
> Relying on AV in this way is doomed to failure. AV and other anti
> programs are meant to supplement good computing practices, not
> as a substitute for them.
> Quote:
> > Thanks for any help you can provide as to Vista security settings!
>
> Sorry I'm not being helpful, but I hope in some small way this does
> indeed help - though not the way you might have expected.
> This is a crock! When I need help, I'll ask for it. I HATE windows Vista
and am going to install Windows XP over it if someone can't tell me how to
turn all the Frakin security OFF!
Void the warrenty on a junk computer?? Who cares?
MK<who does NOT need a babysitter, thank you very much>