How to set local HD as Trusted Site?

[jsteph]

Hi all,
We have some software who's documentation is in .html format on the harddrive where the product is installed. We're using IE 7 as the browser.

Every time anyone opens the help, they always get the javascript "Allow blocked content?" yellow bar warning. When they click the yellow bar and then click Allow, it does not 'remember' that setting. I tried to add the hd folder to Trusted sites, but it won't allow it.

How can I tell IE 7 that I trust certain hd locations and not keep getting prompted by this highly annoying warning?
Thanks,
--Jim

 

[electronicsfreak]

Have you tried adding the ip as trusted?

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[jsteph]

I tried adding the Ip, the computername (since ip is dynamic), I tried "file://*" and all sorts of formats, with and without wildcards.

I've tried using the exact drive\path\filename, using forward and backward slashes, partial paths, drive letters, everything--all of them bring up a box saying it's an invalid wildcard sequence. I have 'require server verification' turned off as well.

In the lower right of IE in the status bar, where you'll usually see 'Internet', 'Trusted Site', 'Restricted', etc, to tell you the zone you're in, it instead says "My Computer". The problem is that if that's a 'zone', it isn't listed in the available zones for which to set security.

Hovering over that 'my computer' in the status bar says 'Double-click to change security settings', and when I do it brings me right back to where I was trying to change the settings, but still no 'My Computer' zone for which to set.
--Jim

 

[jdemmi]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315933

-- Jason
"It's Just Ones and Zeros

 

[jsteph]

Jason,
Thanks, but I forgot to mention this is IE 7. That reg hack didn't work, and I dug deeper and found the following quote:

...to help plug these security holes, one of the security changes made in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 update locks down the "My Computer" zone to control the running of scripts and ActiveX components. This increased security comes at a cost, however, since certain applications are thereby broken.

I'm still looking, because I can't believe they would completely lock it down.
--Jim