Autoliv Portal - Windows XP SP2 Information

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Windows XP Service Pack 2 addresses many security and functionality issues in regards to web-usage. Some of these enhancements may affect the way you use the Autoliv Partner Portal, though it is our opinion that these changes are in fact for the best. As such, we recommend that you apply the following three criteria when using Windows XP with Service Pack 2, which should enable you to use both our site and Windows XP to the fullest. The three areas where we have seen issues are when users try to download a document, when they try to access an application (and the new pop-up blocker stops the page), and when trying to view documents in general.

Please read the following areas to address any of these issues you may be experiencing.

Trusted Domains (Downloading Documents)

When downloading certain documents (such as from the Engineering Documents System), the browser must first trust the site it is downloading the file from (this was added to prevent the accidental download of viruses.) In order to download these documents, you must first add the Autoliv domains to your list of trusted sites. To do this, follow these simple instruction.

1. Go to "Tools-->Internet Options..." in your Browser
2. Click on the ''Security" tab
3. Click on the "Trusted Sites" icon and click on "Sites..."
4. Un-select the "Require server..." checkbox.
5. Add the three domains as shown below.
6. Click OK.

Saving Encrypted Files to Disk

Occasionally when a user tries to view a document, they will get an error saying "The internet page can’t be opened. It is either not available or couldn’t be found. Try again later". This is because in order to open a copy of this document for viewing, it must first create a cached version on your local machine. This is the default action on most pages. However, if you have disabled this, you will not be able to view the documents. To re-enable this and fix this problem, follow these steps:

1. Go to "Tools-->Internet Options..." in your Browser
2. Click on the ''Advanced" tab
3. Scroll down to "Security"
4. Make sure "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is NOT checked.

Pop-Up Blockers

If you are running Windows XP SP2 or later (which has a built-in pop-up blocker) it will prevent the applicaitons from opening in a new window. However, you can easily correct this problem without disabling your valuable pop-up blocker.

There are several ways to disable pop-up blockers for the Autoliv Portal. Typically, popup blocking software provides some way to allow selected popup windows for designated sites. Most popup-blocking software will allow you to create a list of "safe sites" or "friendly sites", which in effect tells it to not block pop-up's on these particular sites.

Please follow these instructions for allowing Autoliv-bases sites to work with it without having to disable it.

1 - Open Internet Explorer
2 - On the Toolbar, select "Tools, Pop-up Blocker, Pop-up Blocker Settings..."

3 - On the Pop-Up Blocker settings page, add the following three autoliv items:
*.autoliv.biz, *.autoliv.com, *.autolivasp.com (see below)

4 - Click close.