Rem: Dealing with XP SP2’s Security Warning Dialog Boxes

I often use utilities downloaded from the Internet to perform various support functions in my VBScript and JScript scripts. I recently installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and now when I use the WshShell's Run method to run one of these utilities in a script, I get a security warning dialog box that asks whether I want to execute the program. This dialog box doesn't appear when I run the script on an XP SP1 or Windows 2000 machine. What is causing this behavior? How can I change it?

The answer to your first question lies in the implementation of a new technology in XP SP2 called the Attachment Manager, or Attachment Execution Services, which is documented in the Microsoft article "Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack 2" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260). Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE), Outlook Express, and Windows Messenger currently use Attachment Manager APIs. The problem you mention is documented in the article "The Open File - Security Warning dialog box is displayed when you try to silently install a hotfix or an update by using a Visual Basic script in Windows XP Service Pack 2" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889815). However, unlike the article's title suggests, this problem isn't limited to hotfixes, updates, or VBScript scripts. . . .