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This policy setting specifies whether the Windows Registration Wizard connects to Microsoft. com for online registration. If you enable this policy setting it blocks users from connecting to Microsoft. com for online registration and users cannot register their copy of Windows online. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can connect to Microsoft. com to complete the online Windows Registration. Note that registration is optional and involves submitting some personal information to Microsoft. However Windows Product Activation is required but does not involve submitting any personal information (except the country/region you live in).

This policy setting specifies whether the Internet Connection Wizard can connect to Microsoft to download a list of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). If you enable this policy setting the “Choose a list of Internet Service Providers” path in the Internet Connection Wizard causes the wizard to exit. This prevents users from retrieving the list of ISPs which resides on Microsoft servers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can connect to Microsoft to download a list of ISPs for their area.

This policy setting specifies whether users can perform a Microsoft Knowledge Base search from the Help and Support Center. The Knowledge Base is an online source of technical support information and self-help tools for Microsoft products and is searched as part of all Help and Support Center searches with the default search options. If you enable this policy setting it removes the Knowledge Base section from the Help and Support Center “Set search options” page and only Help content on the local computer is searched. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the Knowledge Base is searched if the user has a connection to the Internet and has not disabled the Knowledge Base search from the Search Options page.

This policy setting specifies whether to show the “Did you know?” section of Help and Support Center. This content is dynamically updated when users who are connected to the Internet open Help and Support Center and provides up-to-date information about Windows and the computer. If you enable this policy setting the Help and Support Center no longer retrieves nor displays “Did you know?” content. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the Help and Support Center retrieves and displays “Did you know?” content. You might want to enable this policy setting for users who do not have Internet access because the content in the “Did you know?” section will remain static indefinitely without an Internet connection.

This policy setting specifies whether “Events. asp” hyperlinks are available for events within the Event Viewer application. The Event Viewer normally makes all HTTP(S) URLs into hyperlinks that activate the Internet browser when clicked. In addition “More Information” is placed at the end of the description text if the event is created by a Microsoft component. This text contains a link (URL) that if clicked sends information about the event to Microsoft and allows users to learn more about why that event occurred. If you enable this policy setting event description hyperlinks are not activated and the text “More Information” is not displayed at the end of the description. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can click the hyperlink which prompts the user and then sends information about the event over the Internet to Microsoft. Also see “Events. asp URL” “Events. asp program” and “Events. asp Program Command Line Parameters” settings in “Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Event Viewer”.

This policy setting specifies whether to allow this client to download print driver packages over HTTP. To set up HTTP printing non-inbox drivers need to be downloaded over HTTP. Note: This policy setting does not prevent the client from printing to printers on the Intranet or the Internet over HTTP. It only prohibits downloading drivers that are not already installed locally. If you enable this policy setting print drivers cannot be downloaded over HTTP. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can download print drivers over HTTP.

This policy setting specifies whether to allow printing over HTTP from this client. Printing over HTTP allows a client to print to printers on the intranet as well as the Internet. Note: This policy setting affects the client side of Internet printing only. It does not prevent this computer from acting as an Internet Printing server and making its shared printers available via HTTP. If you enable this policy setting it prevents this client from printing to Internet printers over HTTP. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can choose to print to Internet printers over HTTP. Also see the “Web-based printing” policy setting in Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Printers.