Block downloads in windows 7

Particularly incensed are people who have data caps with their ISPs, because it has pushed them over the limit, and people with not much hard disk space, reports Computerworld. If you've got Windows 7 or Windows 8. Microsoft explains how to do it on this support Web page. To do it, you'll have to be comfortable with using the Registry Editor. If you are, it's not tough to do. First, back up the Registry. If you don't know how to do it, get details from Microsoft here.

Next, download a patch onto your PC. Here's the Windows 7 patch. Here's the one for Windows 8. This apparently does not work either. I redid everybody's suggestions and finally I musta got it right told you I wasn't very good on a puter , but the control started working. Thank you again people.

In case it helps someone else, this active x control seems to only work in W-7 BIT. Found this out by accident. Joined Aug 1, Messages 51, You can mark your thread "solved" using the button at the top of the page. As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts B. Having problems connecting with YouTube 2 Viewers Latest: beigletony 7 minutes ago. Windows 7. Installing a Simple Home camera on a android phone 5 Viewers Latest: muckmail 8 minutes ago.

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Matt Elliott. Disable SmartScreen in Edge You can disable SmartScreen in the Windows Defender Security Center app in total or just for Edge, but for the latter it's faster to do so right within Edge itself, particularly if you are already using Edge. Windows Defender setting In Windows Defender, you can also change Edge's SmartScreen to merely warn you when you are about to download a file it deems suspicious instead of it outright blocking it.

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