PA
Wed Sep 26 14:01:19 PDT 2007
You may find something "official" from MS posted in a reply to one or more
of these threads in Outlook General newsgroup:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/search?group=microsoft.public.outlook.general&q=%22restricted+sites%22+%2B+slow
There are 2 quick fixes:
1. Configure Outlook to open to Outlook Today pane instead of inbox; or
2. Download DelDomains from
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/DelDomains.inf,
saving it to your desktop> Right-click on DelDomains.inf and select Install.
Running DelDomains will remove all entries in IE's Trusted Sites, Restricted
Sites, and Enhanced Security Configuration Zones.
--
~PA Bear
C T wrote:
> Thank you for your reply, but I was wondering if you could help me a step
> further. It is obvious to myself that a MS security patch did not place
> those restricted sites, but apparently some administrators in our
> department are adamant that Microsoft put the restricted sites into an
> update, and that we should not remove them because Microsoft did it for
> our
> protection. No joke, this is what they are saying.
>
> I am happy to take the word of a MS-MVP, coauthor of Configuring Microsoft
> Outlook 2003, but what I need is â??officialâ?? proof, directly from
> Microsoft that says, â??No we did not do such a thingâ??. Itâ??s a
> bureaucratic thing; please, I need your help.
>
> Do you know of any announcements or KB articles that I can use to
> specifically, unquestionably, and emphatically point and say, here is the
> truth.
>
> Please?
> ~Craig
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> C T wrote:
>>> Does anybody knows...
>>>
>>> if a recent MS security patch adds a long list of restricted sites to
>>> the
>>> network zones in Internet Options?
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> Having those sites listed seem to obstruct HTML emails from functioning
>>> properly from within Outlook 2003.
>>
>> Yes. See this discussion:
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=26866
>>
>>> The other, more dominating opinion is that the restricted sites were
>>> added
>>> by a adware program like spybot or ad-aware.
>>
>> True (for Spybot & SpywareBlaster but not for Ad-Aware).
>>
>>> Can someone please identify the MS security patch, so we can take steps
>>> to
>>> address this issue?
>>
>> /You/ can address the issue. See the section "To remove all the sites
>> listed in the Restricted Zone" at
>>
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm.
>>
>> If you use Spybot's Immunize feature or similar, keep DelDomains handy.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org