FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplore.exe how handle this hit

[nightwatchrenband]

After years of using SBS&D I just received some new hits on my work PC. They have Norton security installed on our internal system, so it could be some change they made. Three Messages are registry changes FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN\iexplore.exe [is not] W=1
Could someone point me to where I can find out "What's it all mean, Mr Natural?".

[md usa spybot fan]

The default setting for the following registry entry became "iexplore.exe"=dword:00000001 with the introduction of Windows XP Service Pack 2.


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN]
"iexplore.exe"=dword:00000001
Spybot's detection indicates that the registry entry "!=W=1" (where "!=" is not equal and "W=1" is dword:00000001). In other words the value not set to the default value.

There is an explanation (relatively technical) of FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN in the following:
Compatibility in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/xpsp2compat.asp
The bottom line is, if you did not intentionally change the default for some reason such as the following, I suggest that fix the problem:
Pictures do not appear as expected, or you receive an error message when you open an HTML file on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/878461

[seamon53]

Spybot picks this up on my PC because I allow ActiveX to run locally on my PC. I develop websites, so I enable local ActiveX on the IE browser by selecting:

Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Security/Allow Active content to run in files on my computer.

If I don't do this, I get this message whenever I test a webpage locally:

"To help protect your security, IE has restricted this webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls that could access your computer"