Chrome and encryption

emmjay · 06. May 2010, 07:49 PM

Hi,
I was wondering if anybody could help me on this. I have been using Chrome for only one month and I really like it. I was sent a registration form from a financial institution so I can access an encrypted file. I am having problems (no error code, it just keeps failing). Would Chrome be preventing me from receiving an encrypted file? A setting I should address maybe?

MidnightCowboy · 06. May 2010, 09:30 PM

Have you tried with another browser? I know that some commercial links require IE to function.

emmjay · 07. May 2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

Have you tried with another browser? I know that some commercial links require IE to function.

Thank you for helping me out MC. You were right about this one.
I had to dig deep to find IE on my XP system and get it setup as the default browser. Once I opened the secure site all went well & I had no problems accessing the encrypted PDF.

I did not know that a site could force me to use a specific browser.

Just as an aside, I contacted the financial institution & told them that my browser of choice is Chrome & that their information screen should state that IE is required. They said that they had never heard of Chrome! I guess their world is a little smaller than ours.

J_L · 07. May 2010, 09:21 PM

You don't have to set it up as your default browser. You can simply use Chrome as your default browser and IE as a secondary browser for compatibility.
Or better yet, take a look at the IE Tab extension.

emmjay · 08. May 2010, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.L.

You don't have to set it up as your default browser. You can simply use Chrome as your default browser and IE as a secondary browser for compatibility.
Or better yet, take a look at the IE Tab extension.

Tnx JL. This is a good thing to know. I went through all the steps of setting up IE as my default browser on my XP system before reading this. If only you had come along earlier! I have since gone back and reset everything to the way it was (pain pain pain). I downloaded the extension that you recommended onto my Win7 laptop, so the next time I get into this situation I will use the IE tab.
Tnx again.

vasa1 · 08. May 2010, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by emmjay

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I did not know that a site could force me to use a specific browser.

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It is very, very common in the financial world.

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emmjay Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 226	Chrome and encryption Hi, I was wondering if anybody could help me on this. I have been using Chrome for only one month and I really like it. I was sent a registration form from a financial institution so I can access an encrypted file. I am having problems (no error code, it just keeps failing). Would Chrome be preventing me from receiving an encrypted file? A setting I should address maybe?

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07. May 2010, 09:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
J_L Co-Author, Best Free Security List Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,475	You don't have to set it up as your default browser. You can simply use Chrome as your default browser and IE as a secondary browser for compatibility. Or better yet, take a look at the IE Tab extension.