Information bar appears while downloading a file - Windows XP SP2
When you visit a site which uses the automatic download prompt, the Information bar appears instead of the download window. This is due to a security enhancement in Windows XP SP2 to protect the users from automatic download prompts generated by rogue websites. To download the file you need to click the Information bar and select Download file option to download the file. This is the safest workaround you can follow.What if I don't want to see the Information Bar at all ?
To prevent the Information Bar from being displayed for a particular website (safer)To prevent the Information bar from being displayed while downloading files, try adding the website to the Trusted Zone in Internet Options, Security dialog. Automatic Prompting for file download is enabled by default for Trusted Zone domains. You must add a website to Trusted Zone only if you know and trust the website.
To prevent the Information Bar from being displayed for all websites (use only in valid cases)
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To make the changes via the registry, modify the values for 2200 and 2201 accordingly. Click Start, Run and type REGEDIT. Navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ Zones \ 3
In the right-pane, double-click 2200 and set it's value to 0 (REG_DWORD)
In the right-pane, double-click 2201 and set it's value to 0 (REG_DWORD)
Value data for 2200
- 0 - Automatic prompting for file downloads is Enabled
- 3 - Automatic prompting for file downloads is Disabled
- 0 - Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls is Enabled
- 3 - Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls is Disabled
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