Can't download exe

hi Paul,

I am just trying to save the file to disk.

I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version 7.0.6000
..16546

user account control is disabled.

Internet protection mode is off.

The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx

I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.

I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.

So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.

Regards,

Jon



"Paul Adare" wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:40:01 -0800, Red wrote:
>
> > Ok, ive just tried to download the Microsoft Accounting Professional trial
> > again.
> > The filename is x13-40152.exe
> >
> > The Error for this file is:-
> >
> > Windows Security Warning
> >
> > Windows found that this file is potentially harmful.
> >
> > To help protect your computer. Windows has blocked access to this file
> >
> >
> > Name: X13-40152.exe
> >
> > How does this protect my computer?(hyperlink)
> >
> > On clicking the hyperlink , windows help and support appears and shows " Why
> > can't i view an attachment in Windows Mail"
> >
> > Windows mail blocks certain types of file attachments that are commonly used
> > to spread e-mail viruses.................. you get the idea
> <snip>
>
> How exactly are you attempting the download? Are you trying to save the
> file to disk or trying to download and run it at the same time? Are you
> using IE or another browser? Do you have User Account Control enabled or
> disabled? If you're using IE is it in Protected Mode (look at the status
> bar at the bottom of the window). What is the URL to the file in question?
>
> --
> Paul Adare
> MVP - Virtual Machines
> http://www.identit.ca
> Revolutionary: Disk drives go round and round.
>

"Red" <Red.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C47C682E-9EA4-43AE-AFC2-4D4D3B2BCEBD@microsoft.com...
> hi Paul,
>
> I am just trying to save the file to disk.
>
> I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
> pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version
> 7.0.6000
> .16546
>
> user account control is disabled.
>
> Internet protection mode is off.
>
> The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx
>
> I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
> previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.
>
> I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
> other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.
>
> So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
> blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.


Is your machine standalone or a member of a domain? I just tried it 3 ways
using Vista Ultimate. One Standalone, one in test Domain "A" and one in
test Domain "B".

Standalone machine worked fine to download the file and I was able to launch
it. (launching it unpacked files to a temp directory and then started the
install of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007).

Member of test Domain "A" that has very relaxed GPO settings, same as above.

Test Domain "B" where I have very strict GPO settings, including a security
setting to prevent downloading of files with Internet Explorer, doanload was
blocked.

Hi Seth,

Its a standalone machine.

Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?

I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
out there m8, what was your setup (hoping your still following this lol)

Thanks Jon

"Seth" wrote:

> "Red" <Red.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C47C682E-9EA4-43AE-AFC2-4D4D3B2BCEBD@microsoft.com...
> > hi Paul,
> >
> > I am just trying to save the file to disk.
> >
> > I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
> > pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version
> > 7.0.6000
> > .16546
> >
> > user account control is disabled.
> >
> > Internet protection mode is off.
> >
> > The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx
> >
> > I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
> > previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.
> >
> > I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
> > other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.
> >
> > So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
> > blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.
>
>
> Is your machine standalone or a member of a domain? I just tried it 3 ways
> using Vista Ultimate. One Standalone, one in test Domain "A" and one in
> test Domain "B".
>
> Standalone machine worked fine to download the file and I was able to launch
> it. (launching it unpacked files to a temp directory and then started the
> install of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007).
>
> Member of test Domain "A" that has very relaxed GPO settings, same as above.
>
> Test Domain "B" where I have very strict GPO settings, including a security
> setting to prevent downloading of files with Internet Explorer, doanload was
> blocked.
>
>

"Red" <Red.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4FD2F145-6165-425F-968B-64AF2FD1CFAA@microsoft.com...
> Hi Seth,
>
> Its a standalone machine.
>
> Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?
>
> I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
> out there m8, what was your setup (hoping your still following this
> lol)


My standalone machine was "out of the box" settings.

On Nov 14, 6:40 am, Red <R... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Ok, ive just tried to download the Microsoft Accounting Professional trial
> again.
> The filename is x13-40152.exe
>
> The Error for this file is:-
>
> WindowsSecurityWarning
>
> Windowsfound that this file is potentially harmful.
>
> To help protect your computer.Windowshasblockedaccessto this file
>
> Name: X13-40152.exe
>
> How does this protect my computer?(hyperlink)
>
> On clicking the hyperlink ,windowshelp and support appears and shows " Why
> can't i view an attachment inWindowsMail"
>
> Windowsmail blocks certain types of file attachments that are commonly used
> to spread e-mail viruses.................. you get the idea
>
> I think this wasnt caught in the testing phase, its a bit annoying that the
> help and support shows Mail which is nothing to do with the download andwindowsblockingaccess.
>
> As i previously mentioned, i cannot see anywhere in folder attributes orwindowsdefender, which where my first thoughts on what might be stopping
> this.
>
> Please let us know how to stop this, or ultimately change it so we can run
> downloaded .exe if we trust the source they are coming from i.e. Microsoft
> websites
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Red" wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > Due to the timezone difference, this was bumped as it was the first thing i
> > did when i woke up this morning.
>
> > I wasnt aware that a microsoft.com forum was administrated by volunteers, I
> > thought it was staffed.
>
> > Thanks for coming back to me, i am sorry but i was still seething over my
> > support call yesterday, which i would still like to escalate as i feel i
> > recieved poor service.
>
> > I will re download one of the .exe's now and see what the exact error is, it
> > went something like, xxxblockedaccessto the potentially harmfull file
> > xxx.exe
>
> > this was downloading the office ultimate trial and the accounting pro trial.
>
> > Thanks for your attention on this. i just want to get my business machine
> > running again
>
> > "Paul Adare" wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:18:00 -0800, Red wrote:
>
> > > > Hiya,
> > > > I have vista ultimate and it too wont let me donwload .exe files.
>
> > > > I find this incredibly annoying and amusing since the 2x .exe programmes it
> > > > hasblockedaccessto are:-
>
> > > > Microsoft office 2007 ultimate trial
> > > > Microsoft office Accounting Pro trial
>
> > > > Anychance we can get to know where the settings are that stop the os
> > > > blocking downloads of .exe files
>
> > > > The help centre's just state how to get mail to stop doing it and not the os.
>
> > > > I would of thought that vista would block microsoft own programmes tho
>
> > > In the first place you need to have a little patience. This are peer
> > > support forums and any responses you receive here are given by folks who
> > > volunteer their time to help out. There's no need to bump your post when it
> > > is less than a day old.
>
> > > Secondly you're going to have to provide more detail before anyone can help
> > > you. What is the _exact_ error message you're receiving? Exactly what steps
> > > are you taking that lead up to this error message? Simply stating that
> > > Vista "won't let me download .exe files" doesn't provide nearly enough
> > > information for anyone to give you a reasonably helpful response.
>
> > > --
> > > Paul Adare
> > > MVP - Virtual Machines
> > >http://www.identit.ca
> > > Code: Virus lasting about three to five days, accompanied by sore throat,
> > > runny nose and fever.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Has anyone found a fix to this? I too am running Vista Ultimate on a
new machine. I have tried everything I could think of --- disabling
user control, disabling windows defender entirely, turned internet
explorer protected mode off, checked every place in my firewall
(mcafee), have windows firewall disabled but still get that same
annoying message. I get the exact error message:

Windows Security Warning

(image of red shield with X inside it) Windows has found that this
file is potentially harmful.
To help protect your computer, Windows has blocked access to this
file.

Name: nameoffile.exe

How does this help me protect my computer (link to help file telling
of file attachments in outlook)

Yes, I have checked Windows Outlook but it says only to rename the
files to attach them or upload them to a server such as MSN. However,
this does not address the fact that EXEs are not allowed to be
dowloaded at all.

I have found a workaround for all of us that are frustrated to tears
over this big brother style of "controlling viruses" ie we know what
is good for you, you do not.

There are two workarounds:

Work around #1

When you click on a download link and it is an exe file, choose save
as and rename the exe portion to .ok or some other nonsense and change
save as file type from application to "all files"
When you want to use the file, rename it back to exe.


Work Around #2

Click on the download link choosing "save as". Have the location
folder you are downloading to open and visable.
When the file completes download, you'll get the Security Warning. DO
NOT CLICK OK!
Right click on the file you just downloaded, ignoring the Security
Warning Window and choose "copy"
Then go back to the security warning and click ok. You'll see your
download disappear. But .. right click and choose "paste" in the
download window and Voila! - your download is back.

Good Luck. Please email me if anybody finds a real fix, please.

Bit of Bumpage!!

Also just trying to downlaod visualizations from Microsoft media centre site
and again i get the windows has blocked message.

These are .exe's also

"Red" wrote:

> Hi Seth,
>
> Its a standalone machine.
>
> Did you reset the machine to defaults? or restore it with just ultimate?
>
> I dont know if joemast2007 is still following this forum, however if your
> out there m8, what was your setup (hoping your still following this lol)
>
> Thanks Jon
>
> "Seth" wrote:
>
> > "Red" <Red.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C47C682E-9EA4-43AE-AFC2-4D4D3B2BCEBD@microsoft.com...
> > > hi Paul,
> > >
> > > I am just trying to save the file to disk.
> > >
> > > I am using a one week old Toshiba Qosmio G.45 notebook which came
> > > pre-installed with vista ultimate. It has Internet Explorer version
> > > 7.0.6000
> > > .16546
> > >
> > > user account control is disabled.
> > >
> > > Internet protection mode is off.
> > >
> > > The URL is http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx
> > >
> > > I am pretty certain that vista would block any.exe file as mentioned
> > > previously it also blocked Microsoft office ultimate trial.
> > >
> > > I have not made any adjustments to Internet explorer. There seem to be
> > > other posts in other forums showing other people having the same problems.
> > >
> > > So I think this is a default option set in vista where it automatically
> > > blocks access to.exe files due to potential virus problems.
> >
> >
> > Is your machine standalone or a member of a domain? I just tried it 3 ways
> > using Vista Ultimate. One Standalone, one in test Domain "A" and one in
> > test Domain "B".
> >
> > Standalone machine worked fine to download the file and I was able to launch
> > it. (launching it unpacked files to a temp directory and then started the
> > install of Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007).
> >
> > Member of test Domain "A" that has very relaxed GPO settings, same as above.
> >
> > Test Domain "B" where I have very strict GPO settings, including a security
> > setting to prevent downloading of files with Internet Explorer, doanload was
> > blocked.
> >
> >