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Home page in tab
  1. #1


    ggrothendieck Guest

    Home page in tab

    I had previously posted this in
    microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
    but no one there had the answer: one person just
    suggested items from the basic procedure which I
    believe I did follow correctly since it works on XP
    and another suggested restoring the original settings
    and trying again but that did not work. I believe its
    essentially a security issue so I am trying here.



    My home page is a local file that I created on my
    system. It consists mostly of HTML with a bit
    of Javascript although I tried removing the Javascript
    and it still seems to have the same problem as
    with the Javascript.

    On Windows Vista using IE7 if I press ctrl-T for a
    new tab I get about:blank rather than the home
    page in the new tab even though I set "Open home
    page for new tabs instead of a blank page" under

    Tools | General | Internet Options | Tabs

    If I click on the Home page icon the home page
    comes up in a new window. If I create a link in
    the Links Toolbar it does the same thing except it
    also gives me a message that its placing it in a
    new window since it has a different security
    level. Note that when I am at my home page the
    IE7 bar near the lower right reads:

    Computer | Protected Mode Off

    whereas when I am on a web page from the net it
    reads:

    Internet | Protected Mode On

    How can I get my home page to appear in a new tab?
    I was able to do that under XP using IE7 so I am fairly
    confident I understand the basic procedure, at least as
    far as it applies to XP. I gather it thinks there is a
    security issue and the security system is different on
    Vista and XP and somehow different between my home
    page and all web pages causing it to try to keep them
    separate. How do I circumvent this?

    Thanks.


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  2. #2


    Jesper Johansson Guest

    Re: Home page in tab

    Your problem is not security related. Just do the following:
    1. Click the Tools icon in the upper right corner in IE
    2. Click Internet Options
    3. In the Tabs section, click Settings
    4. Check the box for "Open home page for new tabs instead of a blank page.
    5. Click OK twice

    That should solve your issue. If it doesn't, post back.

    BTW, the reason your custom home page shows up in the Local Computer Zone is
    because it is located on the computer itself. If you put a Mark-of-the-Web
    (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628.aspx) in it you can make
    it show up in the Internet Zone. Put this on a line of its own in the HTML
    header:
    <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->

    When you next open the page it should show up in the Internet zone.


    "ggrothendieck" <ggrothendieck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:1188825616.929189.53090@xxxxxx

    >I had previously posted this in
    > microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
    > but no one there had the answer: one person just
    > suggested items from the basic procedure which I
    > believe I did follow correctly since it works on XP
    > and another suggested restoring the original settings
    > and trying again but that did not work. I believe its
    > essentially a security issue so I am trying here.
    >
    > My home page is a local file that I created on my
    > system. It consists mostly of HTML with a bit
    > of Javascript although I tried removing the Javascript
    > and it still seems to have the same problem as
    > with the Javascript.
    >
    > On Windows Vista using IE7 if I press ctrl-T for a
    > new tab I get about:blank rather than the home
    > page in the new tab even though I set "Open home
    > page for new tabs instead of a blank page" under
    >
    > Tools | General | Internet Options | Tabs
    >
    > If I click on the Home page icon the home page
    > comes up in a new window. If I create a link in
    > the Links Toolbar it does the same thing except it
    > also gives me a message that its placing it in a
    > new window since it has a different security
    > level. Note that when I am at my home page the
    > IE7 bar near the lower right reads:
    >
    > Computer | Protected Mode Off
    >
    > whereas when I am on a web page from the net it
    > reads:
    >
    > Internet | Protected Mode On
    >
    > How can I get my home page to appear in a new tab?
    > I was able to do that under XP using IE7 so I am fairly
    > confident I understand the basic procedure, at least as
    > far as it applies to XP. I gather it thinks there is a
    > security issue and the security system is different on
    > Vista and XP and somehow different between my home
    > page and all web pages causing it to try to keep them
    > separate. How do I circumvent this?
    >
    > Thanks.
    >

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  3. #3


    ggrothendieck Guest

    Re: Home page in tab

    On Sep 3, 5:31 pm, "Jesper Johansson" <jesper_m_johans...@xxxxxx>
    wrote:

    > BTW, the reason your custom home page shows up in the Local Computer Zone is
    > because it is located on the computer itself. If you put a Mark-of-the-Web
    > (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628.aspx) in it you can make
    > it show up in the Internet Zone. Put this on a line of its own in the HTML
    > header:
    > <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
    Your suggestion about the header solved it. Now my home shows up in a
    separate
    tab just like it did on XP. Thanks!



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  4. #4


    ggrothendieck Guest

    Re: Home page in tab

    On Sep 3, 8:53 pm, ggrothendieck <ggrothendi...@xxxxxx> wrote:

    > On Sep 3, 5:31 pm, "Jesper Johansson" <jesper_m_johans...@xxxxxx>
    > wrote:
    >

    > > BTW, the reason your custom home page shows up in the Local Computer Zone is
    > > because it is located on the computer itself. If you put a Mark-of-the-Web
    > > (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537628.aspx) in it you can make
    > > it show up in the Internet Zone. Put this on a line of its own in the HTML
    > > header:
    > > <!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
    >
    > Your suggestion about the header solved it. Now my home shows up in a
    > separate
    > tab just like it did on XP. Thanks!
    Actually having used it for a while now I do see one difference. The
    javascript code in
    my home page that writes to the clipboard no longer works. What I can
    do is have two
    versions of my home page: one with the about:internet comment which
    will appear in
    its own tab but the javascript won't work and one without the
    about:internet comment
    for which the javascript will work but it won't appear in its own tab
    but instead appears
    in a new window.

    Since I don't use the javascript functionality often I can live with
    that but if there
    is some way of getting it to appear in its own tab rather than a new
    window and
    still have the javascript function then I would be interested in
    knowing about it.


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  5. #5


    Jesper Johansson Guest

    Re: Home page in tab

    > Actually having used it for a while now I do see one difference. The

    > javascript code in
    > my home page that writes to the clipboard no longer works.
    You could enable that, but you really don't want to. If you enable clipboard
    access you enable it for every site on the Internet. That's just not safe.
    Revisit the functionality instead and see if you can't live without it.

    --
    Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20


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  6. #6


    ggrothendieck Guest

    Re: Home page in tab

    On Sep 5, 12:14 am, "Jesper Johansson"
    <jesper_m_johans...@xxxxxx> wrote:

    > > Actually having used it for a while now I do see one difference. The
    > > javascript code in
    > > my home page that writes to the clipboard no longer works.
    >
    > You could enable that, but you really don't want to. If you enable clipboard
    > access you enable it for every site on the Internet. That's just not safe.
    > Revisit the functionality instead and see if you can't live without it.
    Thanks. I guess its too dangerous to enable, but if I did want to
    enable it
    how would I do that?

    (I am really looking to understand how this whole area works a little
    better so
    that I don't run into this again in other similar situations.)


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