Make sure your object comes from a trustworthy source?

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Bernd Oliver Christiansen

All:

I have inserted an executable and text document into a PowerPoint 2002
presentation with Insert object/Create from file and activated it in
the custom animation dialog.

However, PowerPoint (2002) pops up a security warning before running
my executable or the application associated with the document. The
dialog says:

"You are about to activate an inserted object that might contain
viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. Make sure the
object comes from a trustworthy source."

How can I get rid of this dialog?

Thanks you very much,


-Bernd
 
Rich:

Thanks for your help. On Windows 2000, setting the security level to
low gets rid of the dialog which says "You are about to activate an
inserted object that might contain viruses or otherwise be
harmful...". On Windows XP, however, a second dialog titled "File
Download" appears which says "Some files can harm your computer...".
When I cancel this dialog, the "Object Packager" tells me that it
failed to carry out the command.

The second dialog seems to be triggered by Windows XP! Does anyone
have any additional information on how XP controls which applications
may or may not be started?

Interestingly, a work-around is to insert a document (e.g., a *.txt
file) with Insert Object > Create From File as opposed to inserting an
application (e.g., notepad.exe). Why does XP start an application via
a file type association, but fails to start the same application
directly?

Clearly, one can always start an application via a bogus file type
association :-)

Any insight would be highly appreciated.

Thanks again,


-Bernd
 
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