XP Pro Blocking Outlook Attachments?

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Andy Walker - 31 Mar 2004 13:48 GMT

Hi

Outlook 2000 is blocking me from saving a .pst file which
is attached to an email I received.
The error is:
"Outlook blocked access to the following potentially
unsafe attachments: personal.pst"

Selecting "File -> Save Attachment" does nothing.

This issue only started to occur after I upgraded from 2K
Pro to XP Pro approximately 1 week ago. Windows
automatically patched XP with the latest SP during the
install.

Please can you tell me how I can save it or reset these
security settings?

Many thanks
Andy

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 31 Mar 2004 14:26 GMT

just like the other 3000 posts on this subject:
uncheck the setting in security that says block
attachments that may harm the computer. It in outlook's
setting under security tab...

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 31 Mar 2004 17:12 GMT

Thanks but where is this "Security Tab"? The first place
I checked out was Tools->Options->Security. There is not
this option there. Infact the only options are:

Secure e-mail
Secure Content
Digital IDs.

I've looked at each one without success.

Thanks
andy

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 31 Mar 2004 19:55 GMT

According to the Microsoft Knowledge Base, once Outlook is
patched to prevent receiving file attachments, it cannot
be unpatched and the attachments cannot be recovered.
However, I encountered this problem after installing an
Office SP, not a Windows patch. In Outlook Express there
is an option to turn attachment receiving back on, but not
in Outlook.

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