Server my program is trying to connect to is not a trusted site with XP?

2 Mar 2007 4:34 PM

Bill

With my VB 6 program, I have no problem doing this from a machine
using Windows 2000. But from a Windows XP machine my program cannot
open Microsoft Access from a network server because the mapped drive
is not in the safe zone.

The message that comes up is:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Open File - Security Warning
Do you want to open this file?
YES

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Microsoft Access cannot open this file.

This file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site.
Access cannot open the file due to potential security problems.

To open the file, copy it to your machine or an accessible network
location.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

While I appreciate (I think) the enhanced security in XP over 2000, I
know that the site is OK because it is just another machine that
belongs to my client company.

Again, it opens fine underr 2000 but not under XP. How can I make the
mapped drive a trusted site?

Thank you.

2 Mar 2007 8:04 PM

Jeff Johnson

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"Bill" <Bookreader***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> With my VB 6 program, I have no problem doing this from a machine
> using Windows 2000. But from a Windows XP machine my program cannot
> open Microsoft Access from a network server because the mapped drive
> is not in the safe zone.
>
> The message that comes up is:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Open File - Security Warning
> Do you want to open this file?
> YES
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Microsoft Access cannot open this file.
>
> This file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site.
> Access cannot open the file due to potential security problems.
>
> To open the file, copy it to your machine or an accessible network
> location.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> While I appreciate (I think) the enhanced security in XP over 2000, I
> know that the site is OK because it is just another machine that
> belongs to my client company.
>
> Again, it opens fine underr 2000 but not under XP. How can I make the
> mapped drive a trusted site?

To be fair, I believe the problem may be due to the version of Jet you have
on the machine, not the OS. Try asking in an Access-related group to see if
they might be able to help. If you get nothing, come on back!

2 Mar 2007 8:10 PM

Larry Linson

Sounds like a good question for a microsoft-sponsored newsgroup on the XP
O/S or Security, or both. They are available via an online interface
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/) or (even better for me) via the free
newsserver news.microsoft.com.

Larry

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"Bill" <Bookreader***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> With my VB 6 program, I have no problem doing this from a machine
> using Windows 2000. But from a Windows XP machine my program cannot
> open Microsoft Access from a network server because the mapped drive
> is not in the safe zone.
>
> The message that comes up is:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Open File - Security Warning
> Do you want to open this file?
> YES
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Microsoft Access cannot open this file.
>
> This file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site.
> Access cannot open the file due to potential security problems.
>
> To open the file, copy it to your machine or an accessible network
> location.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> While I appreciate (I think) the enhanced security in XP over 2000, I
> know that the site is OK because it is just another machine that
> belongs to my client company.
>
> Again, it opens fine underr 2000 but not under XP. How can I make the
> mapped drive a trusted site?
>
> Thank you.

2 Mar 2007 9:06 PM

eschuylerTAKE

Bill <Bookreader***@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>
>With my VB 6 program, I have no problem doing this from a machine
>using Windows 2000. But from a Windows XP machine my program cannot
>open Microsoft Access from a network server because the mapped drive
>is not in the safe zone.
>
>The message that comes up is:
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Open File - Security Warning
>Do you want to open this file?
>YES
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Microsoft Access cannot open this file.
>
>This file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site.
>Access cannot open the file due to potential security problems.
>
>To open the file, copy it to your machine or an accessible network
>location.
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>While I appreciate (I think) the enhanced security in XP over 2000, I
>know that the site is OK because it is just another machine that
>belongs to my client company.
>
>Again, it opens fine underr 2000 but not under XP. How can I make the
>mapped drive a trusted site?
>
>Thank you.

Bill,

I had a similar problem. Open up Internet Explorer and select "Internet
Options" from the "Tools" menu. Select the "Security" tab and select "Local
Intranet". Click the "Sites..." button and make sure that all appropriate
boxes are checked, especially the ones about "local (intranet) sites" and
"network paths (UNCs)". That solved it for me.

Regards,
Eric