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IE8 Security Warning HTTPS content
22 May 2009Since I upgraded to IE8, I’ve been a bit annoyed with the this security warning:
It states: “Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely”. The first time I just pressed Yes, by pressing [Enter] on my keyboard (without reading the warning correctly), which obviously rendered me a incomplete page.
Note to Steve Balmer:
Why change this button press behavior Microsoft, just to let us read dialogs? It will cost time every time we have to read such a dialog, and as you know.. time is money
Since then the warning came up a few times. So I’ve you want to disable this warning the change this:
in IE8, go to [Tools], [internet options] , [security] , [custom level]
and change [display mixed content] to “enable”
Settings will take effect after a restart of IE.
*edit after comment
I’m not saying that you should disable the warning. If you find it annoying, you can disable it.
The “old” dialog was different: 
As you can see, this is the other way around. The changed it.
What you do with it is your choice.
- Tags: Internet Explorer, Security, Windows
9 Responses to IE8 Security Warning HTTPS content
Roel van Lisdonk
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:57
Mooi man, daar was ik net naar op zoek. Bij elke tiny url uit twitter krijg ik deze melding, dat is nu mooi opgelost.
SBalmer
June 1st, 2009 at 19:43
If you disable this then the unsecured sites may gain access to your secure information. Click on the “More Info” button to read about it. It should only be done in the trusted site zone. The reason the default press is because you have the “prompt” option selected. The reason the prompt option defaults to Yes is because the standard is to default to the most secure position. If you select “think a little” in your mind’s option settings I wouldn’t need to explain all this.
Marc
June 3rd, 2009 at 08:30
see edited content
SMoore
July 24th, 2009 at 01:18
Thanks this thing was driving me crazy!
Murray
October 20th, 2009 at 19:00
Thanks so much…just like SMoore this thing was drving me crazy….changed to Google Chrome just to avoid it at home but could not at work…now all is good.
Erich Riesenberg
November 2nd, 2009 at 20:41
A separate security setting is an option for “trusted” sites.
fazal
April 17th, 2010 at 09:12
how to change the secrity warning in ie8 & photo atached not accept could u pls
Arianna Torres
April 28th, 2010 at 19:32
Internet Explorer 8 is very good because it is as stable as Opera. I hate the previous versions of IE like IE6 because it hangs frequently. *
Azlie
June 24th, 2010 at 13:58
Click Tools -> Internet Options -> Security (Tab) -> Trusted Site -> Sites -> Empty Websites Box and uncheck “Require server verification”
Hope this will help u. Thanks