on July 27, 2010 7:16 PM
I'm sure there's probably been a lot written about this, but here's what I went through today:
We have a new server running Windows 2003 Server, and I needed to install SQL Server 2008 on it via our MSDN subscription.
I first tried to do this via IE7 and was getting nothing but javascript errors every which way I turned (I couldn't even login to the site), so I decided to install IE8.
After installing IE8 and rebooting, I went to MSDN and after clicking about 20 security pop-ups, adding site exceptions (all for microsoft's own sites, I might add), and lowering my security settings as far as I could, I get to the download page. Keep in mind I've spent the better part of an hour, just to get to the download page first with IE7, and then the install of IE8 and all that.
MSDN uses a file transfer add-on to handle the downloading of files which never gave me any problems before, but the enhanced security blocks the add-on. The download page says to click the information bar and allow the add-on, but when I do all I get is the information bar help.
Well, after some Googling I never did find a specific fix to that problem, there may be a setting you can twiddle somewhere I don't know, but I did find out how to disable the enhanced security (remove it via the Add/Remove Windows Features app). So, with enhanced security banished from the system the information bar finally allowed me to allow the add-on. Worked great after that.
I don't know, it may be more secure out of the box, but it sure isn't very usable.
We have a new server running Windows 2003 Server, and I needed to install SQL Server 2008 on it via our MSDN subscription.
I first tried to do this via IE7 and was getting nothing but javascript errors every which way I turned (I couldn't even login to the site), so I decided to install IE8.
After installing IE8 and rebooting, I went to MSDN and after clicking about 20 security pop-ups, adding site exceptions (all for microsoft's own sites, I might add), and lowering my security settings as far as I could, I get to the download page. Keep in mind I've spent the better part of an hour, just to get to the download page first with IE7, and then the install of IE8 and all that.
MSDN uses a file transfer add-on to handle the downloading of files which never gave me any problems before, but the enhanced security blocks the add-on. The download page says to click the information bar and allow the add-on, but when I do all I get is the information bar help.
Well, after some Googling I never did find a specific fix to that problem, there may be a setting you can twiddle somewhere I don't know, but I did find out how to disable the enhanced security (remove it via the Add/Remove Windows Features app). So, with enhanced security banished from the system the information bar finally allowed me to allow the add-on. Worked great after that.
I don't know, it may be more secure out of the box, but it sure isn't very usable.
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