Tag: User Configuration

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer converts Unicode domain names to internationalized domain name (IDN) format (Punycode) before sending them to Domain Name System (DNS) servers or to proxy servers. If you enable this policy setting you must specify when IDN server names should be sent: 0) Unicode domain names are never converted to IDN format. 1) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone. 2) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are in the Intranet zone. 3) Unicode domain names are always converted to IDN format. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can control this setting by using Advanced Options in Internet Control Panel. By default domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone.

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer uses 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) to encode query strings in URLs before sending them to servers or to proxy servers. If you enable this policy setting you must specify when to use UTF-8 to encode query strings: 0) Never encode query strings. 1) Only encode query strings for URLs that aren’t in the Intranet zone. 2) Only encode query strings for URLs that are in the Intranet zone. 3) Always encode query strings. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting users can turn this behavior on or off using Internet Explorer Advanced Options settings. The default is to encode all query strings in UTF-8.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer uses 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) for mailto links. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer encodes mailto links in UTF-8. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Internet Explorer sends mailto links encoded through the user’s code page. This behavior matches the behavior of Internet Explorer 6 and earlier. The user can change this behavior on the Internet Explorer Tools menu: Click Internet Options click the Advanced tab and then under International select the “Use UTF-8 for mailto links” check box.

This policy setting prevents the user from ignoring Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificate errors that interrupt browsing (such as “expired” “revoked” or “name mismatch” errors) in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot continue browsing. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can choose to ignore certificate errors and continue browsing.

This policy setting prevents the user from choosing the default text size in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot choose the default text size in Internet Explorer. You must specify the default text size: • Largest • Larger • Medium • Smaller • SmallestIf you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can choose the default text size in Internet Explorer.

Removes the Advanced tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box. If you enable this policy users are prevented from seeing and changing advanced Internet settings such as security multimedia and printing. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can see and change these settings. When you set this policy you do not need to set the “Disable changing Advanced page settings” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> ) because this policy removes the Advanced tab from the interface.

Removes the Connections tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box. If you enable this policy users are prevented from seeing and changing connection and proxy settings. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can see and change these settings. When you set this policy you do not need to set the following policies for the Content tab because this policy removes the Connections tab from the interface:”Disable Internet Connection Wizard””Disable changing connection settings””Prevent changing proxy settings””Disable changing Automatic Configuration settings”

If you enable this policy setting users are prevented from seeing and changing ratings certificates AutoComplete Wallet and Profile Assistant settings. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can see and change these settings.

Removes the General tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box. If you enable this policy users are unable to see and change settings for the home page the cache history Web page appearance and accessibility. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can see and change these settings. When you set this policy you do not need to set the following Internet Explorer policies (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> ) because this policy removes the General tab from the interface:”Disable changing home page settings””Disable changing Temporary Internet files settings””Disable changing history settings””Disable changing color settings””Disable changing link color settings””Disable changing font settings””Disable changing language settings””Disable changing accessibility settings”

Removes the Privacy tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box. If you enable this policy users are prevented from seeing and changing default settings for privacy. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can see and change these settings.