download help

[quaker13]

IE 8, Windows XP Pro SP#

I get the following message when trying to download anything

Security settings do not allow you to download........


I have reset all settings to the lowest and still wont work


I installed Firefox from a flashdrive and installed but the same thing happens with it


I have googled this to death for hours and am getting nowhere.

Please help

[Foo]

What's the download source and type of file?

Any third party security software installed?

[quaker13]

Trying to download Microsoft security essentials and have tried AVG from download.com

Tried creating a new account [administrator] doesnt work

Gone into msconfig and disabled all

doesnt work


I have no clue

Going to bed

[phantasmagoria]

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-4555-yo ... o-download

?

[quaker13]

Thanks for the try, but I tried this several thousand tries ago.

No third party software

[axbaby]

odd problem .. virus?

i get a nagging feeling a windows service has been disabled causing this.
Give this a try if you want
reboot stop using msconfig then check out this windows services tweaking website
http://www.blackviper.com/
reboot

[^misantropia^]

Company laptop per chance?

[quaker13]

http://www.techimo.com/forum/security-p ... ded-4.html


Finally found it late last night on the above link. Thanks for all your help. Not a company laptop

[obsidian]

Just as a rule of thumb, maybe it's a good idea to use something other than Internet Explorer. Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari? Really, anything is better.

[MKJ]

he also had the problem in firefox, bucko.

[obsidian]

I was just saying..., seeing as how he already solved the problem. Hence the "rule of thumb".