Security Problem

[Dan Butcher]

When a friend tries to send me an MP3 file via MSN, it transfers, then when I
try to open it, I am told that it poses a security risk, and denies access to
the file. There is no option I can see to disable this, and also no override
option on the dialogue box. How do I gain access to these files? Especially
as I have had to pay for the bandwidth to receive them - several people have
tried to send me various files with no luck.

I'm running WinXP Home with SP2, and MSN build 7.5.0311

Thanks

Dan Butcher

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dan,

Yes this is by design. To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.

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"Dan Butcher" > wrote in message
...
> When a friend tries to send me an MP3 file via MSN, it transfers, then when I
> try to open it, I am told that it poses a security risk, and denies access to
> the file. There is no option I can see to disable this, and also no override
> option on the dialogue box. How do I gain access to these files? Especially
> as I have had to pay for the bandwidth to receive them - several people have
> tried to send me various files with no luck.
>
> I'm running WinXP Home with SP2, and MSN build 7.5.0311
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan Butcher
>