Vista - windows blocked access to content

my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a .exe
file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without giving
me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened
that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
files.

Hello,

you could see if the following setting in Live Messenger is checked:
Tools -> Options -> File Transfer -> "Automatically reject file
transfers...". If yes, uncheck it and try again.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"philosophyjun" <philosophyjun@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:805DBED5-4E5D-43C3-A8AD-DBF7F64676DF@microsoft.com...
> my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a
> .exe
> file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without
> giving
> me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
> windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
> opened
> that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
> tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
> giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
> files.

Yes all this while it has been unchecked.



"P. Di Stolfo" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> you could see if the following setting in Live Messenger is checked:
> Tools -> Options -> File Transfer -> "Automatically reject file
> transfers...". If yes, uncheck it and try again.
>
> Greetings,
> P. Di Stolfo
> --
> //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language
> //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "philosophyjun" <philosophyjun@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:805DBED5-4E5D-43C3-A8AD-DBF7F64676DF@microsoft.com...
> > my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a
> > .exe
> > file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without
> > giving
> > me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
> > windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
> > opened
> > that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
> > tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
> > giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
> > files.
>
>

hi can anybody help?
i am still unable to access the content. it's an EXE file. i would just like
to have the choice of blocking it, if i wish to block it. it's quite
frustrating that windows blocked it for me without allowing me the choice to
allow the program to run.


"philosophyjun" wrote:

> Yes all this while it has been unchecked.
>
>
>
> "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > you could see if the following setting in Live Messenger is checked:
> > Tools -> Options -> File Transfer -> "Automatically reject file
> > transfers...". If yes, uncheck it and try again.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > P. Di Stolfo
> > --
> > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language
> > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "philosophyjun" <philosophyjun@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
> > Newsbeitrag news:805DBED5-4E5D-43C3-A8AD-DBF7F64676DF@microsoft.com...
> > > my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a
> > > .exe
> > > file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without
> > > giving
> > > me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
> > > windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
> > > opened
> > > that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
> > > tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
> > > giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
> > > files.
> >
> >

Me too, same problem, wont let me open an exe file in Vista... apparently
Microsoft think every user in the world is a novice with no idea on what
files are dangerous or not. Nice touch...

S

"philosophyjun" wrote:

> hi can anybody help?
> i am still unable to access the content. it's an EXE file. i would just like
> to have the choice of blocking it, if i wish to block it. it's quite
> frustrating that windows blocked it for me without allowing me the choice to
> allow the program to run.
>
>
> "philosophyjun" wrote:
>
> > Yes all this while it has been unchecked.
> >
> >
> >
> > "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > you could see if the following setting in Live Messenger is checked:
> > > Tools -> Options -> File Transfer -> "Automatically reject file
> > > transfers...". If yes, uncheck it and try again.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > P. Di Stolfo
> > > --
> > > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language
> > > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > "philosophyjun" <philosophyjun@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
> > > Newsbeitrag news:805DBED5-4E5D-43C3-A8AD-DBF7F64676DF@microsoft.com...
> > > > my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a
> > > > .exe
> > > > file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without
> > > > giving
> > > > me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
> > > > windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
> > > > opened
> > > > that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
> > > > tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
> > > > giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
> > > > files.
> > >
> > >

I have a similar problem with exe files.

Can't anyone help here?

Where are all the people who are MVP's?


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"SimonJI" wrote:

> Me too, same problem, wont let me open an exe file in Vista... apparently
> Microsoft think every user in the world is a novice with no idea on what
> files are dangerous or not. Nice touch...
>
> S
>
> "philosophyjun" wrote:
>
> > hi can anybody help?
> > i am still unable to access the content. it's an EXE file. i would just like
> > to have the choice of blocking it, if i wish to block it. it's quite
> > frustrating that windows blocked it for me without allowing me the choice to
> > allow the program to run.
> >
> >
> > "philosophyjun" wrote:
> >
> > > Yes all this while it has been unchecked.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > you could see if the following setting in Live Messenger is checked:
> > > > Tools -> Options -> File Transfer -> "Automatically reject file
> > > > transfers...". If yes, uncheck it and try again.
> > > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > > P. Di Stolfo
> > > > --
> > > > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > // http://blog.lysorp.com - small Windows Blog in German language
> > > > //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > "philosophyjun" <philosophyjun@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
> > > > Newsbeitrag news:805DBED5-4E5D-43C3-A8AD-DBF7F64676DF@microsoft.com...
> > > > > my friend sent me some stuff over Windows Live Messenger, and it was a
> > > > > .exe
> > > > > file. every single time, to my frustration, windows blocked it without
> > > > > giving
> > > > > me a choice to access it or not. went to windows mail (as instructed by
> > > > > windows help) and unchecked "Do not allow attachments to be saved or
> > > > > opened
> > > > > that could potentially be a virus" under security options.
> > > > > tried downloading the file again, and again Windows blocked it without
> > > > > giving me any options. can you please help me? I just want to access my
> > > > > files.
> > > >
> > > >