Group Policies

This policy setting controls the Suggested Sites feature which recommends websites based on the user’s browsing activity. Suggested Sites reports a user’s browsing history to Microsoft to suggest sites that the user might want to visit. If you enable this policy setting the user is not prompted to enable Suggested Sites. The user’s browsing history is sent to Microsoft to produce suggestions. If you disable this policy setting the entry points and functionality associated with this feature are turned off. If you do not configure this policy setting the user can turn on and turn off the Suggested Sites feature.

This policy setting allows you to specify how ActiveX controls are installed. If you enable this policy setting ActiveX controls are installed only if the ActiveX Installer Service is present and has been configured to allow the installation of ActiveX controls. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting ActiveX controls including per-user controls are installed through the standard installation process.

This policy setting allows you to prevent the installation of ActiveX controls on a per-user basis. If you enable this policy setting ActiveX controls cannot be installed on a per-user basis. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting ActiveX controls can be installed on a per-user basis.

This policy setting allows you to turn off the ActiveX Opt-In prompt. ActiveX Opt-In prevents websites from loading any ActiveX control without prior approval. If a website attempts to load an ActiveX control that Internet Explorer has not used before a Notification bar will appear asking the user for approval. If you enable this policy setting the ActiveX Opt-In prompt does not appear. Internet Explorer does not ask the user for permission to load an ActiveX control and Internet Explorer loads the control if it passes all other internal security checks. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the ActiveX Opt-In prompt appears.

This policy setting prevents the user from changing the default URL for checking updates to Internet Explorer and Internet Tools. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot change the URL that is displayed for checking updates to Internet Explorer and Internet Tools. You must specify this URL. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can change the URL that is displayed for checking updates to Internet Explorer and Internet Tools.

This policy setting prevents the user from specifying the update check interval. The default value is 30 days. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot specify the update check interval. You must specify the update check interval. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can specify the update check interval.