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IE6 Secure/nonsecure messages

by steve11375 / January 25, 2006 6:04 AM PST

Hi All,

Hope I'm posting this to the correct forum, I thought about the security forum but think this is an IE6 thing or possibly just a G-Mail problem.

Yesterday I started having a problem which I noticed on G-Mail first but not sure if it's just G-Mail.

I started receiving a pop-up message "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items" "Do you want to view nonsecure items?" I answer YES, many sites then display the page, in G-Mail the operation ABORTS.

I've done the following so far:

First:
1. Tools | Internet Options | Advanced
2. Uncheck "Warn if changing between secure and not secure mode"

Second:
1. Tools | Internet Options | Security
2. Highlight Trusted Sites | Custom Level
3. Under Miscellaneous, enable "Display mixed content" to Enable.

I've done both those things, but I still keep getting the message. Is there anything else I can do to get rid of it? Is this a G-Mail problem (I have an open ticket with support there) or does it look like an IE6 problem.

I'm using XP Pro SP 2 and IE6 ALL SP's & updates applied.

Thanks for any help,

Steve

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It's gotta be IE...
by John.Wilkinson / January 25, 2006 7:53 AM PST

I use Gmail as well, but since I haven't experienced that it's gotta be an issue with Internet Explorer. (I receive the alert of switching between secure and nonsecure zones when loading the login page, then again when being transferred to the mail page, but never the one concerning mixed content.) Thus, I'd try a couple of things:

* To verify it's IE, try it with another browser, such as Firefox.
* Go tools->internet options->security and click ''default level,'' then ''restore defaults'' on the advanced tab.
* That's not a problem IEFix is designed for, but it just might work.
* Click here for instructions of repairing Internet Explorer.

Hope this helps,
John

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IE6 I wonder?
by steve11375 / January 26, 2006 6:26 AM PST
In reply to: It's gotta be IE...

Hi John,

Thanks so much for your reply, I appreciate everyones help here very much!

From your list I did the following:

Instead of using Firefox or Netscape, in GMAIL I used the "Basic HTML" setting and was able to access the E-Mails with two part access.

Then I went to your second point "Go tools->internet options->security and click ''default level,'' then ''restore defaults'' on the advanced tab."

I did that, nothing changed, still no access to certain E-Mails.

I tried IEFIX but could not get it to work on my Machine. I have a DELL 8400 with XP pro & SP2 installed from the factory, could not get IEFIX to run could not find the specified SP2 changes anywhere.

I finally went to your last point repairing SP2 install, that also failed miserably.

This morning without a reboot I was able to get into the E-Mail which failed G-Mail last night (G-Mail support still has not responded to my ticket)

Thanks for the support John, I appreciate it VERY much!!

Steve

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