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How do you know that Internet Explorer 7 is running under Protected Mode?
Posted By The PC Doctor On 21st May 2007 @ 18:10 In Stay Secure, Questions from Visitors | No Comments
Question: I'm kinda paranoid about security. How can I tell that Internet Explorer 7 is running under Protected Mode?
Good question!
First off, to be protected by Protected Mode (which is a mode where Internet Explorer's access to the file system is restricted) you must be running Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista. Other browsers on Vista won't be protected and IE7 on XP or lower operating systems won't see it either.
Secondly, it depends what you are viewing. By default, Protected Mode is enabled for Internet, Intranet and Restricted zones while disabled for the Trusted Sites and Local Machine zone.
To enable/disable Protected Mode for a zone go do the following:
You can tell the status of Protected Mode by looking for the Protected Mode: On text on the status bar.
However, there may be times when you notice the text in the status bar says Protected Mode: Off even when Internet Options says that Protected Mode is enabled. There are reasons this could be:
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