Make "Local Zone" visible?

In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
Windows 7?
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Crash

"When you get to a fork in the road, take it."
~ Yogi Berra ~

See Control Panel, Internet Options, Security.

On 4/7/2011 06:15, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
> visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
> allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
> Windows 7?

Bob I wrote:
> See Control Panel, Internet Options, Security.
>
> On 4/7/2011 06:15, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>> In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
>> visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
>> allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
>> Windows 7?

And do what? The "Local Zone" (zone 0) is not shown.
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Crash

English is not my native tongue; I'm an American.

On 4/7/2011 20:42, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Bob I wrote:
>> See Control Panel, Internet Options, Security.
>>
>> On 4/7/2011 06:15, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>>> In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
>>> visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
>>> allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
>>> Windows 7?
>
> And do what? The "Local Zone" (zone 0) is not shown.

Sorry, thought you meant Local Internet. Perhaps this contains something
of use.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
news:q1hnp.2678$...
> In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
> visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
> allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
> Windows 7?
> --
> Crash
>
> "When you get to a fork in the road, take it."
> ~ Yogi Berra ~

The following advice - from a MS Bulletin - applies to Windows XP. Not too
sure about indows 7. But you get the idea.:

"The Flags value in the following registry key determines whether you can
view the My Computer security zone on the Security tab in the Internet
Options dialog box:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\0
The Flags value is a DWORD value. Setting the data value of the Flags value
to 47 (in hexadecimal) causes the My Computer security zone to be displayed.
Setting the data value of the Flags value to 21 (in hexadecimal) causes the
My Computer security zone to be hidden. "

Excerpted from: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315933

Avatar wrote:
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
> news:q1hnp.2678$...
>> In Windows 2000 I was able to make the normally hidden "Local Zone"
>> visible and then change the security settings for local HTML files, like
>> allowing ActiveX and intrusive scripting. Is there a way to do that with
>> Windows 7?
>> --
>> Crash
>>
>> "When you get to a fork in the road, take it."
>> ~ Yogi Berra ~
>
> The following advice - from a MS Bulletin - applies to Windows XP. Not too
> sure about indows 7. But you get the idea.:
>
> "The Flags value in the following registry key determines whether you can
> view the My Computer security zone on the Security tab in the Internet
> Options dialog box:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\Zones\0
> The Flags value is a DWORD value. Setting the data value of the Flags value
> to 47 (in hexadecimal) causes the My Computer security zone to be displayed.
> Setting the data value of the Flags value to 21 (in hexadecimal) causes the
> My Computer security zone to be hidden. "
>
> Excerpted from: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315933

That's what I did in Windows 2000, but it doesn't seem to work in Windows 7.
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Crash

"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap."
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