Security Questions
I've run into a couple of issues that I can't find answers for. For instance, I've installed BGINFO into a Win7 image about 3 different ways: startup folder, windows dir, program files dir, bginfo dir. No matter HOW\WHERE i installed it, it would always launch a prompt saying that it was potentially harmful. I posted for help in sysinternals forum and no help. I finally found an answer in an obscure blog saying something to the effect that IE flagged bginfo at download and if i were to download it to a FAT partition, it wouldn't prompt me anymore. And so i did this and it worked! So I'm really curious now, WHY? Is this a UAC \ IE Protected Mode feature? Second instance, I have a HD in an external case. When I plug into a new win7\08 machine, I can't write to it. It's not until I run diskpart and clear all attributes that I can write to the drive. What's up with this- how does this work? I'm looking for a technical explanation if one can be provided. I'll take a link with an explanation too. THANKS! JasonJason Yates
October 13th, 2010 6:55pm

Hi Jason, I think you are referring to a feature that marks files downloaded from the internet with specific information to add extra security for the user. If you right click the file and choose Properties you should see at the bottom text "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer". Just press "Unblock" and off you go!Blogging about Windows for IT pros at www.theexperienceblog.com
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October 14th, 2010 2:10am

I tried to hunt down this "unblock" setting before but couldn't find it. I'll try again. I read somewhere else that you can view this setting from a sysinternals tool called streams. In the meantime, I was wondering WHY this is? Is this part of the UAC? Is it part of the Mandatory Integrity feature or something else? I tried using icacls on the bginfo file but was unsuccessful too. Or Is it an computer-zone thing in IE? Also, Andreas do you think this is the same issue affecting the hard-drive attributes or would that be something else? Thanks JasonJason Yates
October 14th, 2010 3:59pm

This feature, i.e. files coming from the internet or the network being blocked, was introduced in Windows XP SP2 if I remember correctly and therefore has nothing to do with UAC.Blogging about Windows for IT pros at www.theexperienceblog.com
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October 14th, 2010 4:11pm

Hi, Thank for posting in Microsoft TechNet Forum. Regarding your external drive, It could be that the ReadOnly flag on your drive, so when you clear all attributes, the ReadOnly flag is also cleared ,thus you can write to this drive. You can use the following commands to check status of the external drive: launch "diskpart.exe" on a CMD prompt, list disk This will give you a list of all disks in your system, you can note your external drive number, Select disk X The X is refer the number of your external drive. Then type the following command: Detail disk This will list all the details of your external disk. Then you could check if the ReadOnly flag is set to Yes If the ReadOnly is set to Yes, you could clear all attribute, or we can just clear ReadOnly flag: Attr volume clear readonly Regards, Alex Zhao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
October 17th, 2010 9:52pm

Hi, Thank for posting in Microsoft TechNet Forum. If you need further assistance, please feel free to let me know. Alex Zhao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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October 20th, 2010 4:02am

Thanks . Yeah, I found this solution already Alex. I wanted to know WHY the flag gets set in the first place.Jason Yates
October 27th, 2010 7:14pm

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