Tag: User Configuration

Secondary home pages are the default Web pages that Internet Explorer loads in separate tabs from the home page whenever the browser is run. This policy setting allows you to set default secondary home pages. If you enable this policy setting you can specify which default home pages should load as secondary home pages. The user cannot set custom default secondary home pages. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can add secondary home pages. Note: If the “Disable Changing Home Page Settings” policy is enabled the user cannot add secondary home pages.

This setting specifies the number of days that Internet Explorer tracks views of pages in the History List. To access the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box from the Menu bar on the Tools menu click Internet Options click the General tab and then click Settings under Browsing history. If you enable this policy setting a user cannot set the number of days that Internet Explorer tracks views of the pages in the History List. You must specify the number of days that Internet Explorer tracks views of pages in the History List. Users can not delete browsing history. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting a user can set the number of days that Internet Explorer tracks views of pages in the History list. Users can delete browsing history.

Prevents users from running the Internet Connection Wizard. If you enable this policy the Setup button on the Connections tab in the Internet Options dialog box appears dimmed. Users will also be prevented from running the wizard by clicking the Connect to the Internet icon on the desktop or by clicking Start pointing to Programs pointing to Accessories pointing to Communications and then clicking Internet Connection Wizard. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change their connection settings by running the Internet Connection Wizard. Note: This policy overlaps with the “Disable the Connections page” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel) which removes the Connections tab from the interface. Removing the Connections tab from the interface however does not prevent users from running the Internet Connection Wizard from the desktop or the Start menu.

Prevents users from changing dial-up settings. If you enable this policy the Settings button on the Connections tab in the Internet Options dialog box appears dimmed. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change their settings for dial-up connections. If you set the “Disable the Connections page” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel) you do not need to set this policy because the “Disable the Connections page” policy removes the Connections tab from the interface.

Prevents users from changing the default Web page colors. If you enable this policy the color settings for Web pages appear dimmed. The settings are located in the Colors area in the dialog box that appears when the user clicks the General tab and then clicks the Colors button in the Internet Options dialog box. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change the default background and text color of Web pages. If you set the “Disable the General page” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel) you do not need to set this policy because the “Disable the General page” policy removes the General tab from the interface. Note: The default Web page colors are ignored on Web pages in which the author has specified the background and text colors.

Prevents users from changing font settings. If you enable this policy users will not be able to change font settings for viewing Web pages. All font settings visible after pressing the “Fonts” button on the General Tab in the Internet Options dialog box will be disabled. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change the default fonts for viewing Web pages. If you set the “Disable the General page” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel) you do not need to set this policy because the “Disable the General page” policy removes the General tab from the interface. Note: The default font settings colors are ignored in cases in which the Web page author has specified the font attributes.

This AutoComplete feature can remember and suggest User names and passwords on Forms. If you enable this setting the user cannot change “User name and passwords on forms” or “prompt me to save passwords”. The Auto Complete feature for User names and passwords on Forms will be turned on. You have to decide whether to select “prompt me to save passwords”. If you disable this setting the user cannot change “User name and passwords on forms” or “prompt me to save passwords”. The Auto Complete feature for User names and passwords on Forms is turned off. The user also cannot opt to be prompted to save passwords. If you do not configure this setting the user has the freedom of turning on Auto complete for User name and passwords on forms and the option of prompting to save passwords. To display this option the users open the Internet Options dialog box click the Contents Tab and click the Settings button.

This AutoComplete feature suggests possible matches when users are filling up forms. If you enable this setting the user is not suggested matches when filling forms. The user cannot change it. If you disable this setting the user is suggested possible matches when filling forms. The user cannot change it. If you do not configure this setting the user has the freedom to turn on the auto-complete feature for forms. To display this option the users open the Internet Options dialog box click the Contents Tab and click the Settings button.

This policy setting allows you to choose whether users will be notified if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser. If you enable this policy setting users will be notified if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser. Users cannot change the setting. If you disable this policy setting users will not be notified if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser. Users cannot change the setting. If you do not configure this policy setting users can choose whether to be notified that Internet Explorer is not the default web browser through the Tell me if Internet Explorer is not the default web browser check box on the Programs tab in the Internet Options dialog box. Note that starting with Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 the check box is located on the Advanced tab in the Internet Options dialog box. For more information see “Group Policy Settings in Internet Explorer 10” in the Internet Explorer TechNet library.