Category: At least Internet Explorer 5.0

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 certificate settings in Internet Explorer. Certificates are used to verify the identity of software publishers. If you enable this policy the settings in the Certificates area on the Content tab in the Internet Options dialog box appear dimmed. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can import new certificates remove approved publishers and change settings for certificates that have already been accepted. The “Disable the Content page” policy (located in -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel) which removes the Content tab from Internet Explorer in Control Panel takes precedence over this policy. If it is enabled this policy is ignored. Caution: If you enable this policy users can still run the Certificate Manager Import Wizard by double-clicking a software publishing certificate (. spc) file. This wizard enables users to import and configure settings for certificates from software publishers that haven’t already been configured for Internet Explorer.

Prevents users from changing the browser cache settings such as the location and amount of disk space to use for the Temporary Internet Files folder. If you enable this policy the browser cache settings appear dimmed. These settings are found in the dialog box that appears when users click the General tab and then click the Settings button in the Internet Options dialog box. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change their cache settings. 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.

This setting specifies to automatically detect the proxy server settings used to connect to the Internet and customize Internet Explorer. This setting specifies that Internet explorer use the configuration settings provided in a file by the system administrator. If you enable this policy setting the user will not be able to do automatic configuration. You can import your current connection settings from your machine using Internet Explorer Maintenance under Admin Templates using group policy editor. If you disable or do no configure this policy setting the user will have the freedom to automatically configure these settings.

If you enable this policy the user cannot modify the Accessibility options. All options in the “Accessibility” window on the General Tab in the Internet Options dialog box appear dimmed. If you disable this policy or do not configure it users can change accessibility settings such as overriding fonts and colors on 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.

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.