Can I tell MS I dont mind unverified software?

Rebelius

Rebelius

Rebelius

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I see things like this pop up:
upgrade-launcher.jpg


all the time, it's annoying, I always get it for software that I know what it is and someone just hasn't gone to the bother of verifying the publisher or whatever someone has to do to stop that happening to their software. I've never had anything like this come up for software I don't know about.

I know how to keep my computer safe enough, even though if things went belly-up I'd have no reservations about simply re-formatting and starting again. Everything remotely important or of value to me is backed up elsewhere.

Anyway, is it possible to turn things like this off? (I've had a look in IE7 security settings and the security center and things like that but didn't find anything that stopped that message from popping up.)

My guess is that my real problem:
failed.jpg

is being caused by the same sort of thing but it's not popping up with the option for me to tell windows it's ok.

what's more annoying is that normally, these things pop up behind something and they don't show up on the task-bar so my programs just seem like they're not working but there's actually this thing popped up behind them or I've missed it amongst all the MSN windows/Web browser/whatever else I'm doing.

behind.jpg



In short - anyone know how I can turn this security feature off? It's annoying.
 
I guess this is happening because the file(s) in question haven't been code-signed. It became advisable for developers to code-sign their exes and dlls when XP SP2 came out, IE7 has moved us further down the road.

You could try turning off "Check for signatures on downloaded programs" in the IE7 security section, and maybe try enabling "allow software to run/install even if signature is invalid".

Dunno if that'll do it, but worth a try?
 
You must be logged in as the administrator or someine with adminsitrator rights.

Start the Group Policy Editor by clicking Start - Run and then type gpedit.msc and press OK.
Go to User Configuration section
Navigate the tree down this path:
Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Attachment Manager
Double click on the "Inclusion list for low file types"
Click the radio button to ENABLE this feature
Type the file types you don't want to be warned about in the box (for example: .exe)
Close the Group Policy Editor then try to run again the .exe file again

You can add .tmp etc. also ...
 
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