Tag: Computer Configuration

This policy setting prevents the user from deleting form data. This feature is available in the Delete Browsing History dialog box. If you enable this policy setting form data is preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting form data is deleted when the user clicks Delete. If you do not configure this policy setting the user can choose whether to delete or preserve form data when he or she clicks Delete. If the “Prevent access to Delete Browsing History” policy setting is enabled this policy setting is enabled by default.

This policy setting prevents the user from performing actions which will delete browsing history. For more information on browsing history Group Policy settings see “Group Policies Settings in Internet Explorer 10” in the TechNet technical library. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot access the Delete Browsing History dialog box. Starting with Windows 8 users cannot click the Delete Browsing History button on the Settings charm. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can access the Delete Browsing History dialog box. Starting with Windows 8 users can click the Delete Browsing History button on the Settings charm.

This policy setting prevents Internet Explorer from displaying a notification when the average time to load all the user’s enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold. The notification informs the user that add-ons are slowing his or her browsing and displays a button that opens the Disable Add-ons dialog box. The Disable Add-ons dialog box displays the load time for each group of add-ons enabled in the browser. It allows the user to disable add-ons and configure the threshold. If you enable this policy setting users are not notified when the average time to load all the user’s enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users are notified when the average time to load all the user’s enabled add-ons exceeds the threshold. This is the default.

This policy setting allows you to configure whether newly installed add-ons are automatically activated in the Internet Explorer 9 browser. Any add-ons that were activated in a previous version of Internet Explorer are considered to be the same as newly installed add-ons and are not activated when the user upgrades to Internet Explorer 9. In Internet Explorer 9 add-ons are defined as toolbars Browser Helper Objects or Explorer bars. ActiveX controls are referred to as plug-ins and are not part of this definition. If you enable this policy setting newly installed add-ons are automatically activated in the browser. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting newly installed add-ons are not automatically activated in the browser. Internet Explorer notifies the user when newly installed add-ons are ready for use. The user must choose to activate them by responding to the notification using Manage Add-ons or using other methods.

This policy setting prevents the user from zooming in to or out of a page to better see the content. If you enable this policy setting applications that host MSHTML do not respond to user input that causes the content to be re-rendered at a scaled size. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting applications that host MSHTML respond to user input that causes the content to be re-rendered at a scaled size.

This policy setting allows you to disable browser geolocation support. This will prevent websites from requesting location data about the user. If you enable this policy setting browser geolocation support is turned off. If you disable this policy setting browser geolocation support is turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting browser geolocation support can be turned on or off in Internet Options on the Privacy tab.

This policy settings disables the Import/Export Settings wizard. This wizard allows you to import settings from another browser import settings from a file or export settings to a file. Importing settings from another browser allows the user to import favorites and feeds from other browsers. Importing settings from a file allows the user to import favorites feeds and cookies from a file. Exporting settings to a file allows the user to export favorites feeds and cookies to a file. If you enable this policy setting the user will not be able to use the Import/Export Settings wizard. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user will be able to use the Import/Export Settings wizard.

This policy setting controls the ActiveX Filtering feature for websites that are running ActiveX controls. The user can choose to turn off ActiveX Filtering for specific websites so that ActiveX controls can run properly. If you enable this policy setting ActiveX Filtering is enabled by default for the user. The user cannot turn off ActiveX Filtering although they may add per-site exceptions. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting ActiveX Filtering is not enabled by default for the user. The user can turn ActiveX Filtering on or off.

This policy setting allows you to enforce full-screen mode which disables the navigation bar the menu bar and the Command bar. Starting with Windows 8 this policy only applies to Internet Explorer on the desktop. The navigation bar includes features for browsing webpages searching the web by using a selection of search tools viewing a history of visited pages printing and accessing email and newsgroups. The menu bar contains menus that open lists of commands for printing customizing Internet Explorer copying and pasting text managing favorites and accessing Help. The Command bar enables the user to access and manage favorites feeds shortcuts to home page and more. Full-screen mode disables not only these three bars but also the shortcuts to these bars. If you enable this policy setting the navigation bar the menu bar and the Command bar are not visible and the user cannot access them. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can view and access the navigation bar the menu bar and the Command bar.