Re: Restricred sites zone
Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| Tried everything I could think of, there's no obvious way to put any
| local folder into the Restricted Zone. As PA intimates, it seems to
| be one of those "smoke & mirrors" tricks involving the TIF system.
| (Cookies are part of the TIF system.) Like I said, blame fatigue and
| distractions, I was totally off-base.
OK. I wasn't sure of that myself. OK, thanks.
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS-MVP Shell/User
|
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|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:%23jlmpU7wIHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
|> | I'm just saying that it makes sense that it's just an IE6SP1
|> | thing, or IE6.0, or whatever. But I'd have to install sequential
|> | versions of IE to find out, and I don't want to. I just finished
|> | rebuilding the thing and may rebuild it again this week.
|>
|> Alright. Well, why not try your stuff in...?...
|>
|> "Internet Options, Security tab, select Restricted Sites, Sites
|> button"
|>
|> Does it go into that Registry key you mentioned?
|>
|> | --
|> | Gary S. Terhune
|> | MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |
www.grystmill.com
|> |
|> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
|> | news:%23PU6i25wIHA.5620@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|> |> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
|> |> | Pretty sure I checked before, but the way my brain is working
|> |> | these days... PA's suggestion makes more sense.
|> |>
|> |> No, no-- I didn't mean to say PA suggested to do that! Maybe I'll
|> |> try it, myself, to see what happens. I do know that putting sites
|> |> into that box should/does work, but never heard of the kind of
|> |> thing you specified with folders.
|> |>
|> |> | --
|> |> | Gary S. Terhune
|> |> | MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |> |
www.grystmill.com
|> |> |
|> |> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
|> |> | news:%23oQYwM4wIHA.1436@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> |> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
|> |> |> | And like I told you, the answer is that some 3rd-party
|> |> |> | application almost certainly did it for you, that there is no
|> |> |> | normal Windows setting that you can access to do it.
|> |> |>
|> |> |> I think it might have been PA Bear who might have once said
|> |> |> Cookies may have been put into Restricted Sites with the advent
|> |> |> of IE6. Anyway, if I open Explorer to C:\Windows\Cookies, I do
|> |> |> see "Restricted sites" in the status bar-- & I don't have the
|> |> |> setting you speak of below or the one I mention.
|> |> |>
|> |> |> | I'm GUESSING that if you want to do it manually, you dig into
|> |> |> | the Registry to
|> |> |> | HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
|> |> |> | Settings\Zone Map\Domains. The sub-keys of that Key list
|> |> |> | Domains and the DWORD value within the Key denotes the Zone
|> |> |> | (there are 4, Restricted Zone being 4.) You simply create a
|> |> |> | DWORD value, name it with an asterisk, nothing more, and give
|> |> |> | it the value 4.
|> |> |> |
|> |> |> | The name of the key needs to be in "domain format". For
|> |> |> | example: Not C:\Windows\Cookies, but rather
|> |> |> | 127.0.0.1/windows/cookies (note the forward slashes.) I
|> |> |> | tested using that format and it worked. It put the Cookies
|> |> |> | folder into the Restricted Zone. I suspect you could use
|> |> |> | localhost in place of 127.0.0.1, but I can't test, because
|> |> |> | even though I entirely erased the Key, and rebooted, the
|> |> |> | folder still remains in the Restricted Zone. At least that's
|> |> |> | its logo, which may be lying. Go figure.
|> |> |>
|> |> |> (a) Did you look at the folder before you added stuff to that
|> |> |> registry key? It probably was saying "Restricted sites" all
|> |> |> along-- just as mine & PA Bear's does!
|> |> |>
|> |> |> (b) I wonder, what about...?...
|> |> |> "Internet Options, Security tab, select Restricted Sites, Sites
|> |> |> button"
|> |> |>
|> |> |> Suppose you type that stuff into the top box there?
|> |> |>
|> |> |> | In short, if you really want to know how it happened, you
|> |> |> | have to review ALL of your protective applications, since
|> |> |> | any one of them could have done this trick, I just don't
|> |> |> | know how to undo it.
|> |> |> |
|> |> |> | --
|> |> |> | Gary S. Terhune
|> |> |> | MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |> |> |
www.grystmill.com
|> |> |> |
|> |> |> |
|> |> |> | "Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
|> |> |> | news:OsXpf4OwIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> |> |> In the status bar bottom right of window border, there is a
|> |> |> |> icon that is usually a small mycomputer for "windows
|> |> |> |> explorer". If you click on it the security tab of Internet
|> |> |> |> explorer will open and is typically set to Internet
|> |> |> |> or local setting. In this one case the user
|> |> |> |> profiles>username>cookies the setting is restricted not
|> |> |> |> mycomputer. I did not set this.
|> |> |> |>
|> |> |> |> The original question was that if I want to set a
|> |> |> |> file/folder as a restricted zone folder on mycomputer, how
|> |> |> |> to do this...
|> |> |> |>
|> |> |> |> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
|> |> |> |> news:%23fRFOPOwIHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|> |> |> |>> What visual indication do you have that Cookies are in the
|> |> |> |>> Restricted Zone? Sounds to me like some third-party tool
|> |> |> |>> got in there and set that up, but I can't identify which
|> |> |> |>> one it might be. Care to list what anti-malware
|> |> |> |>> applications you have installed? Here's some examples of
|> |> |> |>> such apps:
|> |> |> |>>
|> |> |> |>
|> |> |>
|> |>
|>
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Cookies+are+in+the+Restricted+Zone&btnG=Google+Search
|> |> |> |>>
|> |> |> |>> TinyURL =
http://tinyurl.com/6y59r8
|> |> |> |>>
|> |> |> |>> --
|> |> |> |>> Gary S. Terhune
|> |> |> |>> MS-MVP Shell/User
|> |> |> |>>
www.grystmill.com
|> |> |> |>>
|> |> |> |>> "Jim" <invalid@example.invalid> wrote in message
|> |> |> |>> news:u5ze6tNwIHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> |> |> |>> > Use of the Restricted sites zone to protect against some
|> |> |> |>> > websites that might
|> |> |> |>> > damage the machine is fairly straight forward. However,
|> |> |> |>> > what about files
|> |> |> |>> > and
|> |> |> |>> > folders that are under study and need to be in a
|> |> |> |>> > restricted status? One example that I have seen is in
|> |> |> |>> > user profiles>cookies that a restricted zone
|> |> |> |>> > status has been assigned. This is also question of mine,
|> |> |> |>> > because I did not do that zone assignment. So I guess
|> |> |> |>> > this is a two fold question here.
|> |> |>
|> |> |> --
|> |> |> Thanks or Good Luck,
|> |> |> There may be humor in this post, and,
|> |> |> Naturally, you will not sue,
|> |> |> Should things get worse after this,
|> |> |> PCR
|> |> |>
pcrrcp@netzero.net
|> |>
|> |> --
|> |> Thanks or Good Luck,
|> |> There may be humor in this post, and,
|> |> Naturally, you will not sue,
|> |> Should things get worse after this,
|> |> PCR
|> |>
pcrrcp@netzero.net
|>
|> --
|> Thanks or Good Luck,
|> There may be humor in this post, and,
|> Naturally, you will not sue,
|> Should things get worse after this,
|> PCR
|>
pcrrcp@netzero.net
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net