Feb 11, 2014 - i work for a IT company and a costumers computer will not download or open any files on internet explorer we get the prompt to open.
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The question might sound stupid, but this is often a major issue for me. Consider the following scenario:
The customer has a fresh Windows Server 2008 based system into which I can connect via RDP. The only available browser is Internet Explorer with the default security guidelines that don't allow you to do anything.
I want to avoid maintaining the 'trusted sites' list at all costs!
So this is what doesn't work for me:
Where is the
wget on Windows Server?
Update regarding RDP-based approaches
I assume that some of the proposed solutions did not work for me because the server I was working on when writing the question was accessed through an RDP gateway (from the company's Remote Web Access site). Additionally, I tried confirming (RDP-related) solutions against other servers I was working on at the time (which were accessed without a gateway).
For example, I believe clipboard sharing is not available when connecting through a gateway. But I have yet to confirm this.
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Internet Explorer with the default security guidelines
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Why not just turn them off for administrators. Click on the Configure IE ESC link in Server Manager under the Security Information section and change it.
It's three clicks and if memory serves, doesn't even require to close and reopen IE.
Or is the 'default security guidelines' also company policy and though you may be able to technically do so, you'd be violating policies.. in which case, I don't see how doing the other options wouldn't be just as insecure if not more so. (Security by obscurity is not security).
Internet Explorer Won't Let Me Download Files
As for obtaining Firefox (for example), use the command line FTP and download it.
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One way to go is to use PowerShell with
WebClient :
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RDP allows you to redirect drives, sounds, printers and even serial ports from the client to the server, use that to transfer installation files to the server.
You can find this as an option in the 'Remote Desktop Connection' tool (mstsc):
IE has no use in this case and you certainly don't want to install flash or enable js/pdf/java on your server just to download a few files.
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Some tools you could use to get rid of the official RDP client:
I use Remmina on a day to day basis to administer my windows servers from my linux desktop.
There is a fork of the mRemote source code, that project is open source free software (GPL) and is named mRemoteNG.
It supports the following protocols: RDP, VNC, ICA (Citrix), SSH, Telnet, HTTP/HTTPS, rlogin and Raw socket connections
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If you're using Windows 7 (Pro for sure works) and Windows server 2008, you can just directly copy and paste the .exe files between them. This is without changing anything anywhere. I'm not sure if there is a size limit, I've done up to about 100MB in file size without problems.
On your local computer copy to clipboard firefox.exe
(or whatever) and on the server simply paste.
I've tested this with, win2008 to win7pro, win7pro to win2008, win7pro to win7pro. It might work with win7home to win7pro or win2008.
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