Visio viewer needed

I have Microsoft XP and use Windows Internet explorer. Microsoft Visio is a diagramming software. I have a visio document ending in a .vsd extension. I want to view this document, I don't really care how that is accomplished. I downloaded Visio 2007 Viewer from the Microsoft website. According to the download website, the Visio 2007 Viewer is implemented as an ActiveX control that loads and renders Visio drawings inside Internet Explorer.

After installing, my computer recognized the .vsd document as a Microsoft Visio document. However, when I click on the .vsd document, I get the reply "Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded."

Please either help me make Visio 2007 Viewer work or suggest another viewer that will open Visio documents. Thanks.

 

In an effort to overcome the "Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded," I turned off my Norton 360, allowed pop ups, and set my Internet Security setings to medium. I then dragged and dropped my Visio Drawing (.VSD extension) file into an open Internet Explorer window. Internet Explorer was supposed to load the Visio Viewer, which then renders the drawing in the browser window. However, I still got the "Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded."

Please either help me make Visio 2007 Viewer work or suggest another viewer that will open Visio documents. Thanks.

 

I set my local Intranet security settings to Medium-Low and then to Low and tried to drag and drop the .vsd file onto an open Internet Explorer window. I still get the same message, "Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded."

I'm not aware of any security software installed other than Norton 360 (Is there a way for you to determine this?). As far as I know, I've always been able to use Activex. However, I've never dragged a file from my harddrive and dropped it into an open Internet Explorer window.