Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Honemann asks: > > I have Java permanently disabled. > > How do you do this (MS IE 5)? In Tools | Internet Options, on the Advanced tab, uncheck everything under Microsoft VM. Then, under the security tab, and for the Internet zone (at least--you may want to restrict it for other zones), click on Custom Level and select Disable Java under Microsoft VM, and Disable under Scripting of Java applets on Scripting. You can follow similar steps to disable Javascript (which is different from Java). However, Javascript is considerably more harmless and I currently leave it enabled in every zone except the Restricted zone. I have all other active features (such as all ActiveX stuff) set to Prompt, and I routinely say No when prompted to run them while visiting a site (I'd turn them off, but I use the PDF control occasionally, so I set for a prompt instead). I also routinely put questionable sites and advertising sites in the Restricted zone, where I have _everything_ turned off. This makes them less of a nuisance. Indeed, for the worst offenders, I've done some additional tweaking, by pointing their addresses to my local machine in my HOSTS file, and then letting my local Web server (which answers only requests from the local machine) return a blank page for these sites, thereby turning all ads to simple gray squares, and speeding the display of pages containing advertising. Finally, in Outlook Express, I've set the program to run in the Restricted zone (Tools | Options | Security) to help avoid any trouble with HTML mail (there doesn't seem to be a way to force Outlook Express to stop displaying e-mail in HTML entirely).