"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
I don't have Windows XP, so I'm not familiar with the firewall, but if it
lists programs, then my guess is that you would select Microsoft Word to
give it permission to access the Internet (in general, not just to go to a
specific Help site). This is pretty much what happens with ZoneAlarm Pro:
the first time a program tries to access the Internet, I get a popup saying,
"Microsoft Word is trying to access the Internet." I can choose to either
allow it or disallow it and, either way, check a box making that the default
("Don't ask me again") setting.

Thanks Suzanne, for your reply.

With certain programs I did get that pop-up, "Program ___ is trying
to access the Internet" (or similar). With MS Word I get
specifically a dialog box about scripts, so I truly don't believe
this is a firewall message.

(Other MS applications are also giving me this script warning. I'll
see if I can notice some commonalities.)

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