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 pages of the zone may download HTML fonts. If you enable this policy setting HTML fonts can be downloaded automatically. If you enable this policy setting and Prompt is selected in the drop-down box users are queried whether to allow HTML fonts to download. If you disable this policy setting HTML fonts are prevented from downloading. If you do not configure this policy setting HTML fonts can be downloaded automatically.

This policy setting allows you to manage permissions for Java applets. If you enable this policy setting you can choose options from the drop-down box. Custom to control permissions settings individually. Low Safety enables applets to perform all operations. Medium Safety enables applets to run in their sandbox (an area in memory outside of which the program cannot make calls) plus capabilities like scratch space (a safe and secure storage area on the client computer) and user-controlled file I/O. High Safety enables applets to run in their sandbox. Disable Java to prevent any applets from running. If you disable this policy setting Java applets cannot run. If you do not configure this policy setting Java applets are disabled.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether users may download unsigned ActiveX controls from the zone. Such code is potentially harmful especially when coming from an untrusted zone. If you enable this policy setting users can run unsigned controls without user intervention. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box users are queried to choose whether to allow the unsigned control to run. If you disable this policy setting users cannot run unsigned controls. If you do not configure this policy setting users cannot run unsigned controls.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether a user’s browser can be redirected to another Web page if the author of the Web page uses the Meta Refresh setting (tag) to redirect browsers to another Web page. If you enable this policy setting a user’s browser that loads a page containing an active Meta Refresh setting can be redirected to another Web page. If you disable this policy setting a user’s browser that loads a page containing an active Meta Refresh setting cannot be redirected to another Web page. If you do not configure this policy setting a user’s browser that loads a page containing an active Meta Refresh setting can be redirected to another Web page.

This policy setting allows you to manage whether scripts can perform a clipboard operation (for example cut copy and paste) in a specified region. If you enable this policy setting a script can perform a clipboard operation. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box users are queried as to whether to perform clipboard operations. If you disable this policy setting a script cannot perform a clipboard operation. If you do not configure this policy setting a script can perform a clipboard operation.