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Error Message: Potential Safety Violation Avoided
Last reviewed: September 15, 1997
Article ID: Q172784
The information in this article applies to:
  • The Microsoft Network version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

While you are connected to MSN, The Microsoft Network, you may receive the following error message: 

   Potential Safety Violation Avoided.

   This page contains active content that is not verifiably safe to
   display. To protect your computer, this content will not be displayed.

   Choose Help to find how you can change your safety settings so you
   can view potentially unsafe content.
NOTE: This problem may cause some Internet pages to be loaded incorrectly.

CAUSE

MSN sets the safety level to High by default, which prevents the download of active content.

RESOLUTION

Change the safety level to Medium. To do so, use the following steps:

  1. Right-click the MSN icon on the desktop, and then click Properties.

  2. On the Security tab, click Safety Level.

  3. Click Medium, and then click OK.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Click Refresh to reload the page.

Additional query words: 2.00
Keywords : msninternet kbenv kberrmsg
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: September 15, 1997
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