Category: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Web sites from less privileged zones such as Internet sites can navigate into this zone. If you enable this policy setting Web sites from less privileged zones can open new windows in or navigate into this zone. The security zone will run without the added layer of security that is provided by the Protection from Zone Elevation security feature. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box a warning is issued to the user that potentially risky navigation is about to occur. If you disable this policy setting the possibly harmful navigations are prevented. The Internet Explorer security feature will be on in this zone as set by Protection from Zone Elevation feature control. If you do not configure this policy setting the possibly harmful navigations are prevented. The Internet Explorer security feature will be on in this zone as set by Protection from Zone Elevation feature control.

This policy setting allows you to manage restrictions on script-initiated pop-up windows and windows that include the title and status bars. If you enable this policy setting Windows Restrictions security will not apply in this zone. The security zone runs without the added layer of security provided by this feature. If you disable this policy setting the possible harmful actions contained in script-initiated pop-up windows and windows that include the title and status bars cannot be run. This Internet Explorer security feature will be on in this zone as dictated by the Scripted Windows Security Restrictions feature control setting for the process. If you do not configure this policy setting the possible harmful actions contained in script-initiated pop-up windows and windows that include the title and status bars cannot be run. This Internet Explorer security feature will be on in this zone as dictated by the Scripted Windows Security Restrictions feature control setting for the process.

This policy setting allows you to manage the preservation of information in the browser’s history in favorites in an XML store or directly within a Web page saved to disk. When a user returns to a persisted page the state of the page can be restored if this policy setting is appropriately configured. If you enable this policy setting users can preserve information in the browser’s history in favorites in an XML store or directly within a Web page saved to disk. If you disable this policy setting users cannot preserve information in the browser’s history in favorites in an XML store or directly within a Web page saved to disk. If you do not configure this policy setting users can preserve information in the browser’s history in favorites in an XML store or directly within a Web page saved to disk.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether . NET Framework components that are not signed with Authenticode can be executed from Internet Explorer. These components include managed controls referenced from an object tag and managed executables referenced from a link. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer will execute unsigned managed components. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box Internet Explorer will prompt the user to determine whether to execute unsigned managed components. If you disable this policy setting Internet Explorer will not execute unsigned managed components. If you do not configure this policy setting Internet Explorer will not execute unsigned managed components.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether data on HTML forms on pages in the zone may be submitted. Forms sent with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption are always allowed; this setting only affects non-SSL form data submission. If you enable this policy setting information using HTML forms on pages in this zone can be submitted automatically. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box users are queried to choose whether to allow information using HTML forms on pages in this zone to be submitted. If you disable this policy setting information using HTML forms on pages in this zone is prevented from being submitted. If you do not configure this policy setting information using HTML forms on pages in this zone can be submitted automatically.