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June 2009 - Posts

How to disable IE Enhanced Security on Windows 2003 Server silently?

Hi Everyone! Axel Rivera again from the IE Escalation team with another IE Enhanced security topic for your viewing pleasure! UPDATE : I have tested the .exe and .bat file that will disable IE Enhanced Security for both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 TS Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 3 Comments
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How to bypass the security warning "Unknown Publisher" with the checkbox "Always Ask Before Opening this File"

Hi everyone! Axel here from the IE Escalation team with a scenario related to Security Warning - Unknown Publisher pop-up when executing a file that came from a non trusted source. Please note: The example below sets HIGH RISK files types to LOW RISK Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 6:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments
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How do I add the ‘X-UA-Compatible’ HTTP Header to a NGINX Web Server?

Hi Everyone! It’s Bac again with another solution for you… Just in case you are running NGINX Web Server and wondering how to add the ‘X-UA-Compatible’ HTTP Header to the web server, here are the steps: 1) Open the  nginx.conf file in WordPad from Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 3:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments

Change in behavior with Internet Explorer 7 and later in regard to CONNECT requests

Hi everyone!   Well, we’ve come across another behavior that some of you are running into so we thought it was time to do a quick write up on the behavior and why it has changed.  The behavior is a little complicated if you are real savvy with Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:00 AM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments

Printing functionality fails in Internet Explorer 7 and 8 on Windows XP

Hi everyone! We’ve got an emerging issue showing up in our support channels in where IE printing functionality (printing, print preview) fails on the Windows XP operating system. This issue is specific to IE7 and IE8 and we have only reproduced the issue Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 23 Comments
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Safe Search feature for www.bing.com cannot be controlled by IE or managed by Group Policy…

Hey Folks, just a real quick post…   We are seeing some issues coming in with customers wanting to centrally manage the “Safe Search” option that is part of the Microsoft “bing” site: Unfortunately, this option cannot be managed by IE or via some Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments
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My expired client certificates no longer display when connecting to my Web Server using IE8…

Hello there!   I recently worked on customer issue in where a behavior change was noted after upgrading to Internet Explorer 8.  The issue deals with clients certificates no longer displaying in the IE client certificate display list dialog Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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IE8 Developer Tools: Why can’t I cancel the F12 key?

Hi Everyone!   Bac again with an interesting issue in IE8.  As everyone is aware, F12 is a keyboard shortcut to bring up the Developer Tools in IE8.  Due to application compatibility reasons, one may want to cancel this default behavior Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:00 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 1 Comments
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The IE cumulative update for June 2009, MS09-019, is now available for download!

The IE Cumulative Security Update for June 2009 (MS09-019) is now available via Windows Update . Alternatively, you can receive this and all other Microsoft updates via the Microsoft Update . Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 969897 documents the currently Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:30 PM by Brent Goodpaster | 0 Comments
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