Vista - Re: Unable to drag-paste from IE7 to Word

07-13-2008

dnalop wrote:

Quote:

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Quote:

>>> ...one of the posters said that he had no problem with
>>> drag-n-pate from Firefox into Word both in Vista and XP

>>
>> Firefox isn't part & parcel of the OS, and who knows if UAC was enabled
>> on
>> his Vista machine?

>
> Unfortunately I'm coming back because I have an updated information for
> you:
>
> 1) The poster from PCW message board (a very helpful guy) reproduced again
> the Drag-n-Copy task successfuly on his system using IE7 with UAC turned
> ON
> and IE7 "Protected mode" Enabled. The only thing different was that the
> "Interenet Explorer Security" warning window poped up asking him for
> permission to continue: "Do you want to allow web content to be copied to
> this program?"
> However, I still can't accomplish that task nor am I getting any warnings
> on
> my system. The "stick" must be rotten or something ;-). Where can I check
> and tweak any related settings that would allow me to get things done as
> they supossed to without undermining system's security?
> If you want, you can also check our discussion at the following address:
> http://forums.pcworld.com/thread/34672?tstart=0
>
> 2) Would you be willing to reproduce that procedure on your system and
> inform me of your results, please?

I'm forwarding your thread to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost for
further assistance, dnalop.
--
~PA Bear

07-13-2008

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Quote:

> I'm forwarding your thread to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost for
> further assistance, dnalop.

OK, thanks.

07-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
PA Bear [MS MVP] n/a posts	Re: Unable to drag-paste from IE7 to Word dnalop wrote: Quote: > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: Quote: Quote: >>> ...one of the posters said that he had no problem with >>> drag-n-pate from Firefox into Word both in Vista and XP >> >> Firefox isn't part & parcel of the OS, and who knows if UAC was enabled >> on >> his Vista machine? > > Unfortunately I'm coming back because I have an updated information for > you: > > 1) The poster from PCW message board (a very helpful guy) reproduced again > the Drag-n-Copy task successfuly on his system using IE7 with UAC turned > ON > and IE7 "Protected mode" Enabled. The only thing different was that the > "Interenet Explorer Security" warning window poped up asking him for > permission to continue: "Do you want to allow web content to be copied to > this program?" > However, I still can't accomplish that task nor am I getting any warnings > on > my system. The "stick" must be rotten or something ;-). Where can I check > and tweak any related settings that would allow me to get things done as > they supossed to without undermining system's security? > If you want, you can also check our discussion at the following address: > http://forums.pcworld.com/thread/34672?tstart=0 > > 2) Would you be willing to reproduce that procedure on your system and > inform me of your results, please? I'm forwarding your thread to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost for further assistance, dnalop. -- ~PA Bear
My System Specs

07-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
dnalop n/a posts	Re: Unable to drag-paste from IE7 to Word "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: Quote: > I'm forwarding your thread to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost for > further assistance, dnalop. OK, thanks.
My System Specs

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