What is the matter?
Some functionality on a web page does not work. This is often due to security settings on your computer.
Before you do anything with these settings you need to know the following general information on security settings in Internet Explorer:
- A Web Site runs in a certain Security Zone. Read more...
- To see in which zone a Web Site runs, click: (in Internet Explorer): tools > Internet Options > Security (you will see the picture below).
- Most Web Sites are in the 'Internet Zone', unless they are specifically placed in the 'Trusted sites' zone, or 'Restricted sites' zone.
- Each zone has its own security settings. Read more...
These settings for instance determine whether specific techniques like scripts, Active X, or Java, are allowed to run in these zones (see example below)
- If something on a site doesn't work due to a security setting, you may do two things:
- adapt the settings of that zone (the new settings hold for all web sites in that zone). Read more...
- place the site in the 'Trusted sites' zone (only that site gets new settings). Read more...
The security settings in the 'Trusted sites' zone usually are more relaxed. The necessary functionality will often work.
- If you run the web site from a local source like a CD, DVD, USB device or a hard disk on your computer, the zone is usually indicated incorrectly, the security setting is not straight forward. Go to a page with more information...
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