unblock/block what does this mean

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im not sure on this but when i downloaded my photobucket bucketuploader to my pc it gives some kinda opition when i right click on properties to check the box unblock or block cause the file comes from another computer and this protects your system and i also seen that on a few others so what im wondering is could this cause a problem when im up loading my files to photobucket? because my pictures will not resize They use to when i was using photobucket on my gateway xp   Dell Dimension Dim9100 media Center edition XP Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz 2.99 GHz 512 MB of RAM

JRosenfeld · Answer

It is related to a security feature, when the publisher cannot be verified. For example for .exe files, if you double click to run the program, you might get a security notice 'Publisher could not be verified are you sure you want to run this program?' etc. In such a case you would have the block/unblock buttons on the file's property page and if you click unblock the security notice will no longer appear next time you double click on the file.   I don't know what photobucket bucketuploader is, but the if you are sure the file is OK, you can click on unblock. If you do, the options block, unblock no longer appear in the properties page, so you can't block again.

rockinrhonda143 · Answer

thank you i just wasn't sure about that ive used photobucket for a year now oh by the way photobucket is a place where you can upload your pictures they have free accounts or paid accounts ive just got so many pictures and stuff that i use this site to upload them on to my webpage its a great site to use soon as i can figure out how to use it again:smileyvery-happy:

have a great day

http://photobucket.com/albums/v327/rockinrhonda/

JRosenfeld · Answer

Thanks. Nice pics! I looked at photobucket home page and they were highlighting a new Windows uploader, in case you did not see that. The download page giving inatall instructions shows that security notice about unknown publisher at step 5. If you had unblocked the downloaded file, you would not see that, it would proceed with the install.

http://photobucket.com/tutorials/uploader_install/uploader_install.html

Also a tutorial on how to upload (you say you need reminding how to use it :-)

http://photobucket.com/tutorials/win_uploader/win_uploader.html

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 08-23-2005 09:57 PM

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 08-23-2005 10:02 PM

rockinrhonda143 · Answer

:smileywink: thank you i went to the site last nite and and down loaded it again and its working again just fine now thanks again for your help have a great day

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