Setting Up the MSIE Browser to Use the Plank Road WebPhone

I. Make Plank-Road.Com a Trusted Site

  • In the top row of your browser text links, select: "Tools"
  • From the dropdown menu, select "Internet Options"
  • Then select the "Security" tab

  • Highlight the "Trusted Sites" icon
  • Then click the "Sites" button
  • In the text box with the title "Add this website to the zone," type in: plank-road.com
  • Leave the checkbox beside "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone" blank
  • Click the "Add" button
  • Click "Okay"
  • II. Set ActiveX Permissions

  • Next, press the "Custom Level" button
  • Scroll down to the heading "ActiveX controls and plugins"
  • Under the "ActiveX controls and plugins section," set permissions in the following manner:
    • Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls - enable
    • Binary and script behaviors - enable
    • Download signed ActiveX controls - enable or prompt
    • Download unsigned ActiveX controls - enable or prompt
    • Intialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe - enable or prompt
    • Run ActiveX controls and plugins - enable or prompt
    • Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting - enable or prompt

  • Click "Okay"
  • On the remaining under screen window, click "Okay" -- that's it, browser setup is complete.

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    How to remove a website from your browser's Trusted Sites list

  • As before, go to Tools, Internet Options, Security, Trusted Sites
  • From the Trusted Sites screen, highlight the website you wish to remove from the Trusted Sites list
  • Click the "Remove" button
  • Click the "Okay" button
  • Then on the remaining under screen window, click "Okay" again.
  • The site is no longer on your browser's Trusted Sites list.