FILE DOWNLOAD CHECK BOX

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WHEN OPENING AN EXE FILE I GET A FILE DOWNLOAD BOX ASKING IF I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OR SAVE IT TO MY COMPUTER. HOWEVER THE "ALWAYS ASK BEFORE OPENING" CHECK BOX IS GREYED OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO UNCHECK THIS BOX. ANY HELP THANKS.
 
WHEN OPENING AN EXE FILE I GET A FILE DOWNLOAD BOX ASKING IF I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN OR SAVE IT TO MY COMPUTER. HOWEVER THE "ALWAYS ASK BEFORE OPENING" CHECK BOX IS GREYED OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO UNCHECK THIS BOX. ANY HELP THANKS.
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You don't mention what software is being used to download, but it is
probably trying to protect you...

Opening an .exe (executable) file without first saving it, and checking
for a virus, is a dangerous proposition...and is not good practice.
 
PAULH said:
WHEN OPENING AN EXE FILE I GET A FILE DOWNLOAD BOX ASKING IF I WOULD
LIKE TO OPEN OR SAVE IT TO MY COMPUTER. HOWEVER THE "ALWAYS ASK
BEFORE OPENING" CHECK BOX IS GREYED OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO UNCHECK THIS
BOX. ANY HELP THANKS.
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1) Lose the caps - it's considered yelling, is incredibly rude and makes
your posts incredibly hard to read.

2) That box is unavailable for damn good reason. Executables can harbour
viruses, unchecking it would automatically run the program - is that
*REALLY* what you want?!
 
The program is an executable that runs from the local file server when the user logs on to the network. some machines dont prompt the user and others do. If they choose cancel it can cause corruption in a sql database since certain files do not get updated. this program is not from the internet and users are blocked from downloading anything from the internet via proxy server so this is not a security violation. the box is greyed out and cannot be unchecked. It only occured on machines that were installed from a microsoft system builder cd. sorry about the caps. And yes I do want to uncheck this box.
 
paulh said:
The program is an executable that runs from the local file server
when the user logs on to the network. some machines dont prompt the
user and others do. If they choose cancel it can cause corruption in
a sql database since certain files do not get updated. this program
is not from the internet and users are blocked from downloading
anything from the internet via proxy server so this is not a security
violation. the box is greyed out and cannot be unchecked. It only
occured on machines that were installed from a microsoft system
builder cd. sorry about the caps. And yes I do want to uncheck this
box.
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What part of "you cannot" are you having problems understanding?
 
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