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Turn off printing 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.
Turn off Automatic Root Certificates Update
This policy setting specifies whether to automatically update root certificates using the Windows Update website. Typically a certificate is used when you use a secure website or when you send and receive secure email. Anyone can issue certificates but to have transactions that are as secure as possible certificates must be issued by a trusted certificate authority (CA). Microsoft has included a list in Windows XP and other products of companies and organizations that it considers trusted authorities. If you enable this policy setting when you are presented with a certificate issued by an untrusted root authority your computer will not contact the Windows Update website to see if Microsoft has added the CA to its list of trusted authorities. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting your computer will contact the Windows Update website.
Restrict Internet communication
This policy setting specifies whether Windows can access the Internet to accomplish tasks that require Internet resources. If you enable this setting all of the the policy settings listed in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set such that their respective features cannot access the Internet. If you disable this policy setting all of the the policy settings listed in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set such that their respective features can access the Internet. If you do not configure this policy setting all of the the policy settings in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set to not configured.
Restrict Internet communication
This policy setting specifies whether Windows can access the Internet to accomplish tasks that require Internet resources. If you enable this setting all of the the policy settings listed in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set such that their respective features cannot access the Internet. If you disable this policy setting all of the the policy settings listed in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set such that their respective features can access the Internet. If you do not configure this policy setting all of the the policy settings in the “Internet Communication settings” section are set to not configured.
Enable Hotspot Authentication
This policy setting defines whether Wi-Fi hotspots are probed for Wireless Internet Service Provider roaming (WISPr) protocol support. If a Wi-Fi hotspot supports the WISPr protocol users can submit credentials when manually connecting to the network. If authentication is successful users will be connected automatically on subsequent attempts. Credentials can also be configured by network operators. If you enable this policy setting or if you do not configure this policy setting Wi-Fi hotspots are automatically probed for WISPR protocol support. If you disable this policy setting Wi-Fi hotspots are not probed for WISPr protocol support and users can only authenticate with Wi-Fi hotspots using a web browser.
Turn off Windows Online
This policy setting specifies whether users can search and view content from Windows Online in Help and Support. Windows Online provides the most up-to-date Help content for Windows. If you enable this policy setting users are prevented from accessing online assistance content from Windows Online. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can access online assistance if they have a connection to the Internet and have not disabled Windows Online from the Help and Support Options page.
Turn off Help Experience Improvement Program
This policy setting specifies whether users can participate in the Help Experience Improvement program. The Help Experience Improvement program collects information about how customers use Windows Help so that Microsoft can improve it. If you enable this policy setting users cannot participate in the Help Experience Improvement program. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can turn on the Help Experience Improvement program feature from the Help and Support settings page.
Turn off Help Ratings
This policy setting specifies whether users can provide ratings for Help content. If you enable this policy setting ratings controls are not added to Help content. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting ratings controls are added to Help topics. Users can use the control to provide feedback on the quality and usefulness of the Help and Support content.
Turn off Active Help
This policy setting specifies whether active content links in trusted assistance content are rendered. By default the Help viewer renders trusted assistance content with active elements such as ShellExecute links and Guided Help links. If you enable this policy setting active content links are not rendered. The text is displayed but there are no clickable links for these elements. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the default behavior applies (Help viewer renders trusted assistance content with active elements).
Turn off Data Execution Prevention for HTML Help Executible
This policy setting allows you to exclude HTML Help Executable from being monitored by software-enforced Data Execution Prevention. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is designed to block malicious code that takes advantage of exception-handling mechanisms in Windows by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely. If you enable this policy setting DEP for HTML Help Executable is turned off. This will allow certain legacy ActiveX controls to function without DEP shutting down HTML Help Executable. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting DEP is turned on for HTML Help Executable. This provides an additional security benefit but HTLM Help stops if DEP detects system memory abnormalities.