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Friday, June 6, 2008

"Secure and Insecure Items" Warning on every page in Internet Explorer

Problem: Users connecting to the application using SSL get the mixed content "This page contains secure and insecure items" warning message on every page in the application. This issue is only happening with 2 users of the system, both are using Internet Explorer Version 7. One user also reports problems opening PDF files.

Troubleshooting: The users are up to date on their Windows patches. Internet Explorer is up to date. Adobe Acrobat Reader is up to date on the system of the user with the PDF issues.

The next thing to try is a suggestion from Microsoft.

Stay tuned...

UPDATE, June 10: The users unchecked the "show mixed content" setting in their IE Settings. This is not recommended as it is a security hole, but it's the best we could do.