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DGN2200 Router - Annoying Dialog Box
Brian1945
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in Techie Stuff
My trusty old DG834G modem-router died this morning so I've replaced it with a shiny new DGN2200. After setting this up I noticed that the new router had a USB port which is designed to take a USB hard-drive and effectively convert it to a network drive. So I plugged in my Verbatim hard drive and mapped it as Drive Z on my PC.
It works a treat, but there's a fly in the ointment - the drive contains a lot of zip files and whenever I try to access one of these on the PC I get a little dialog box headed "Internet Explorer" and reading "This page has an unspecified potential security risk. Would you like to continue?" followed by Yes & No buttons.
Why Internet Explorer - my default browser is Firefox and I only use IE for Windows updates? And why is it warning me about the contents of my own drive which I've selected myself? And most importantly, can anyone please suggest how I might stop this irritating box from popping up? True, all I've got to do is press "Yes", but it's a pain in the backside to do this every time I want to access a zip.
It works a treat, but there's a fly in the ointment - the drive contains a lot of zip files and whenever I try to access one of these on the PC I get a little dialog box headed "Internet Explorer" and reading "This page has an unspecified potential security risk. Would you like to continue?" followed by Yes & No buttons.
Why Internet Explorer - my default browser is Firefox and I only use IE for Windows updates? And why is it warning me about the contents of my own drive which I've selected myself? And most importantly, can anyone please suggest how I might stop this irritating box from popping up? True, all I've got to do is press "Yes", but it's a pain in the backside to do this every time I want to access a zip.
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