Category: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows 2003 Service Pack 1

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will display animated pictures found in Web content. Generally only animated GIF files are affected by this setting; active Web content such as java applets are not. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will play animated pictures found in Web content. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not play or download animated pictures helping pages display more quickly. If you do not configure this policy setting Internet Explorer will play animated pictures found in Web content.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will play sounds found in web content. Generally only sound files such as MIDI files are affected by this setting; active Web content such as java applets are not. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will play sounds found in Web content. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not play or download sounds in Web content helping pages display more quickly. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will play sounds found in Web content.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will save encrypted pages that contain secure (HTTPS) information such as passwords and credit card numbers to the Internet Explorer cache which may be insecure. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not save encrypted pages containing secure (HTTPS) information to the cache. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will save encrypted pages containing secure (HTTPS) information to the cache. If you do not configure this policy Internet Explorer will save encrypted pages containing secure (HTTPS) information to the cache.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer deletes the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder after all browser windows are closed. This protects against storing dangerous files on the computer or storing sensitive files that other users could see in addition to managing total disk space usage. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will delete the contents of the user’s Temporary Internet Files folder when all browser windows are closed. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not delete the contents of the user’s Temporary Internet Files folder when browser windows are closed. If you do not configure this policy Internet Explorer will not delete the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder when browser windows are closed.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer checks for digital signatures (which identifies the publisher of signed software and verifies it hasn’t been modified or tampered with) on user computers before downloading executable programs. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will check the digital signatures of executable programs and display their identities before downloading them to user computers. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not check the digital signatures of executable programs or display their identities before downloading them to user computers. If you do not configure this policy Internet Explorer will not check the digital signatures of executable programs or display their identities before downloading them to user computers.