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CD with .htm file cannot display page in IE 7.

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linney

linney

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I have this one particular CD that when I try to open a htm file I just receive a message from IE 7 that the page cannot be displayed. In the Address Bar of IE I see this address but no mention of the actual CD address or location..

C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\Burn1\ConvictList\index.htm



I just want to open a htm file that is on my CD (above URL is what is displayed in the Address bar when I try), but IE7 (in Vista) will not display it from CD, it will allow me to open it from a folder if I copy the CD to the hard drive.

I have checked the option to "Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer"

I am using IE 7 in Vista RC 2.

IE 7 CAN open htm files from this CD in XP PRO SP2 , and Vista cannot. Windows 98 with IE 5 CAN open this CD and htm files from it.

I have tried on different machines too.

Is this a bug or is it me. Any help would be appreciated.

Other CD's that I have with htm files open just fine in Vista. Why would one particular CD be so troublesome, and just so in Vista? I have seen similar questions on Google about running content from CD's but no real solution.
 
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You are getting a 'page cannot be displayed' and not an open error.

If you hit Refresh, does it repeat?


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Thanks for the reply Bill, Refreshing the page does not solve this problem for me.

For what it is worth here is the Index.htm file concerned.


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Convictions Australian Shipping</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<frameset border=0 cols=164,* frameborder=0 framespacing=0>
<frame marginHeight=0 marginWidth=0 scrolling=no src="menu/navbar.htm" target="main">
<frameset border=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 rows=22,*>
<frame marginheight=1 marginwidth=1 scrolling=no src="menu/title.htm">
<frame marginHeight=1 marginWidth=1 name=main src="menu/welcome.htm">
</frameset>
</frameset>
<noframes>
<body>
<p>This web page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p>
</body>
</NOFRAMES>
</HTML>
 
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This is a home computer on a small LAN. Group Policy has not really been fiddled with since I installed Vista RC2 shortly after its release. Checking the IE settings in Group Policy just indicate that they have not been configured and are still at the Default settings.

I am allowing ActiveX for CD's in the Advanced/ Security options.

Here are some similar stories in case anyone else is interested.





The last link mentions a possible workaround, that involves using a CD-ROM drive, but I have only Writer/Burners on all my machines so can not test it out.

Connect.Microsoft seem to be aware of this problem, I have validated a similar report and submitted my own, but I doubt if I will get much feedback as Beta Testing is winding down?
 
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What if you make changes in Zone 0, the Local Machine Security Zone?
The security settings that control the privileges that are granted to content running in the Local Machine zone are known as URL actions. When Local Machine Zone Lockdown is applied to a given process, it changes the behavior of URL actions from the previous Local Machine zone setting of Allow to Disallow. As a result, scripts and Active X controls will not run. The default URL actions changed are:

• URLACTION_RUN_SCRIPT

• URLACTION_DOWNLOAD_UNSIGNED_ACTIVEX

• URLACTION_ACTIVEX_RUN

• URLACTION_ACTIVEX_OVERRIDE_OBJECT_SAFETY

• URLACTION_CLIENT_CERT_PROMPT

• URLACTION_BEHAVIOR_RUN

• URLACTION_JAVA_PERMISSIONS


For Local Machine Zone Lockdown, these settings are stored under a separate registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0

The default Local Machine zone URL action settings are found under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0

Source:
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Interesting article and idea which I did try, following your suggestion, alas with no success. Thank you for the suggestion.

The big question for me is that this fault appears to only effect just the one CD, and only on Vista, using IE 7, other browsers don't have the problem on Vista. IE 7 doesn't have the problem on XP. Even my other machines copy this behavior. Damned infuriating but not a major problem.

What make me think "bug" is that the location Vista's IE 7 sees the htm files is the Default Burning folder, this makes me think the fellow who suggested using a non-burner CD-ROM drive may be on to something. I did try changing the Drive type in the Registry (to pretend that I had a CD-ROM drive) but that also was not successful.
 
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