Category: At least Internet Explorer 11.0

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background speeding up performance such that when the user clicks a hyperlink the background page seamlessly switches into view.If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer doesn’t load any websites or content in the background.If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer preemptively loads websites and content in the background.If you don’t configure this policy setting users can turn this behavior on or off using Internet Explorer settings. This feature is turned on by default

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer runs antimalware programs against ActiveX controls to check if they’re safe to load on pages. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer won’t check with your antimalware program to see if it’s safe to create an instance of the ActiveX control.If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer always checks with your antimalware program to see if it’s safe to create an instance of the ActiveX control.If you don’t configure this policy setting Internet Explorer always checks with your antimalware program to see if it’s safe to create an instance of the ActiveX control. Users can turn this behavior on or off using Internet Explorer Security settings.

This policy setting determines whether Internet Explorer 11 uses 64-bit processes (for greater security) or 32-bit processes (for greater compatibility) when running in Enhanced Protected Mode on 64-bit versions of Windows.Important: Some ActiveX controls and toolbars may not be available when 64-bit processes are used.If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer 11 will use 64-bit tab processes when running in Enhanced Protected Mode on 64-bit versions of Windows.If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer 11 will use 32-bit tab processes when running in Enhanced Protected Mode on 64-bit versions of Windows.If you don’t configure this policy setting users can turn this feature on or off using Internet Explorer settings. This feature is turned off by default.

This policy setting determines whether phone numbers are recognized and turned into hyperlinks which can be used to invoke the default phone application on the system.If you enable this policy setting phone number detection is turned off. Users won’t be able to modify this setting.If you disable this policy setting phone number detection is turned on. Users won’t be able to modify this setting.If you don’t configure this policy setting users can turn this behavior on or off using Internet Explorer settings. The default is on.

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.