Microsoft KB Archive/172784

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

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.