Users cannot download files using internet explorer

[baronne]

Hi, We've recently redesigned our AD using the Microsoft Common Scenarios scripts as a baseline. We have a setting which we can't seem to track down. When a user tries to save a document from the web, it throws an error:
This operation has been cacelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.

Is there a way to relax this setting a bit.. it's a bit hardcore preventing users from even downloading a Word doc!

cheers
Baronne

[Eric]

Look in Administrative Templates|Windows Components|Internet Explorer|Internet Control Panel|Security Page

In each zone, there is a setting for 'Allow file downloads'

Depending on what zone the website users are trying to download from and what scenario you started with, this could be a good place to start.

Hope that helps

Eric

[EllettIT]

I've used this setting before. I started with a relatively clean workstation (fresh OS install, minimal programs, clean internet cache etc) and made the changes that I wanted under the Internet Options, Security tab then exported them to the policy. Works fairly well.

IE settings:


GPO settings:

[PreviousPoster]

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