XP Security Strikes Again

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A colleague & I each recently received a zip file that contained a
number of emails copied from a Unix IMAP server. The file names are of
the form nnnnnnnnn.nnnn.mbox.2,s where the n's are decimal digits.

Although these zip files can be opened no problem on Win2k boxes, they
don't work so well on WinXP (pro, sp2). If you try to view the zip, it
just looks empty, and if you try to extract the files, you get a
"Windows Security Warning" ("Windows has blocked access to these files
to help protect your computer.") There is a link to go forward: "Why
were these files blocked, and how can I open them?" That leads to a
Help & Support page that says to "Click UNBLOCK near the bottom of the
dialog box [referring to the file's Properties dialog].

The problem is that there is no "UNBLOCK" item to check off on the
properties of the zip file.

I can successfully extract these files using a non-Microsoft file viewer
(QuickViewPlus). But for my friend, is there any way to get WinXP to
ignore its obsession with security and just extract the files, or do I
have to tell him to buy his own copy of QVP (or perhaps try downloading
WinZip)?
 
A colleague & I each recently received a zip file that contained a
number of emails copied from a Unix IMAP server. The file names are
of the form nnnnnnnnn.nnnn.mbox.2,s where the n's are decimal digits.

Although these zip files can be opened no problem on Win2k boxes, they
don't work so well on WinXP (pro, sp2). If you try to view the zip,
it just looks empty, and if you try to extract the files, you get a
"Windows Security Warning" ("Windows has blocked access to these files
to help protect your computer.") There is a link to go forward: "Why
were these files blocked, and how can I open them?" That leads to a
Help & Support page that says to "Click UNBLOCK near the bottom of the
dialog box [referring to the file's Properties dialog].

The problem is that there is no "UNBLOCK" item to check off on the
properties of the zip file.

I can successfully extract these files using a non-Microsoft file
viewer (QuickViewPlus). But for my friend, is there any way to get
WinXP to ignore its obsession with security and just extract the
files, or do I have to tell him to buy his own copy of QVP (or perhaps
try downloading WinZip)?


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Have you tired unzipping them, putting them on a blank CD and giving
them to your mate?


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