Category: At least Internet Explorer 5.0

Prevents users from determining which buttons appear on the Microsoft Internet Explorer and File Explorer standard toolbars. The buttons appearing on the toolbar can be customized by the “Customize” option. This is present under the Toolbars submenu of the View menu in Internet Explorer 6 and under the Toolbars submenu of the Tools menu in the Command bar in subsequent versions of Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy the Customize option will be removed from the menu. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can customize which buttons appear on the Internet Explorer and File Explorer toolbars. This policy can be used in coordination with the “Disable customizing browser toolbars” policy which prevents users from determining which toolbars are displayed in Internet Explorer and File Explorer.

Prevents users from determining which toolbars are displayed in Microsoft Internet Explorer and File Explorer. If you enable this policy the list of toolbars which users can display by clicking the View menu and then pointing to the Toolbars command will appear dimmed. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can determine which toolbars are displayed in File Explorer and Internet Explorer. This policy can be used in coordination with the “Disable customizing browser toolbar buttons” policy which prevents users from adding or removing toolbars from Internet Explorer.

Limits the amount of storage that a page or site using the DHTML Persistence behavior can use for the Restricted Sites security zone. If you enable this policy you can specify the persistence storage amount per domain or per document for this security zone. If you disable this policy or do not configure it you cannot set this limit. Note: This setting does not appear in the user interface.

Limits the amount of storage that a page or site using the DHTML Persistence behavior can use for the Internet security zone. If you enable this policy you can specify the persistence storage amount per domain or per document for this security zone. If you disable this policy or do not configure it you cannot set this limit. Note: This setting does not appear in the user interface.

Limits the amount of storage that a page or site using the DHTML Persistence behavior can use for the Trusted Sites security zone. If you enable this policy you can specify the persistence storage amount per domain or per document for this security zone. If you disable this policy or do not configure it you cannot set this limit. Note: This setting does not appear in the user interface.

Limits the amount of storage that a page or site using the DHTML Persistence behavior can use for the Local Intranet security zone. If you enable this policy you can specify the persistence storage amount per domain or per document for this security zone. If you disable this policy or do not configure it you cannot set this limit. Note: This setting does not appear in the user interface.

Limits the amount of storage that a page or site using the DHTML Persistence behavior can use for the Local Computer security zone. If you enable this policy you can specify the persistence storage amount per domain or per document for this security zone. If you disable this policy or do not configure it you cannot set this limit. Note: This setting does not appear in the user interface.

Prevents users from adding removing editing or viewing the list of Favorite links. The Favorites list is a way to store popular links for future use. If you enable this policy the Favorites menu is removed from the interface and the Favorites button on the browser toolbar appears dimmed. The Add to Favorites command on the shortcut menu is disabled; when users click it they are informed that the command is unavailable. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can manage their Favorites list. Note: If you enable this policy users also cannot click Synchronize on the Tools menu (in Internet Explorer 6) to manage their favorite links that are set up for offline viewing.

This policy setting prevents the shortcut menu from appearing when a user right-clicks a webpage while using Internet Explorer. Starting with Windows 8 this policy setting only applies to Internet Explorer on the desktop. If you enable this policy setting the shortcut menu will not appear when a user right-clicks a webpage. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users can use the shortcut menu.

Prevents users from viewing the HTML source of Web pages by clicking the Source command on the View menu. If you enable this policy the Source command on the View menu will appear dimmed. If you disable this policy or do not configure it then users can view the HTML source of Web pages from the browser View menu. Caution: This policy does not prevent users from viewing the HTML source of a Web page by right-clicking a Web page to open the shortcut menu and then clicking View Source. To prevent users from viewing the HTML source of a Web page from the shortcut menu set the “Turn off Shortcut Menu” policy which disables the entire shortcut menu.