There are four possible resolutions for this issue:
1. One workaround is to present users with a list of links and instruct them to right-click on the links and to choose "Save Target As...".
2. If you are using IE 5.5 with Service Pack 1, you can modify the following line in your code:
Response.Addheader "Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=" & filename
3. To completely overcome browser inefficiencies, use a client-side control such as XFile or JFile.
4. If you have control over the client configuration, applying 4 security fixes for IE5.5 from Microsoft may resolve the problem:
Go to the link below, then security updates. These 4 cover up to end of March,
2001.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/default.htm
Service patches are as follows :
Q279328, Q286043, Q286045, Q290108
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