Category: At least Internet Explorer 7.0
Prevent specifying background color
This policy setting prevents the user from specifying the background color in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot specify the background color in Internet Explorer. You must specify the background color (for example: 192192192). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can specify the background color in Internet Explorer.
Prevent specifying text color
This policy setting prevents the user from specifying the text color in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot specify the text color in Internet Explorer. You must specify the text color (for example: 192192192). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can specify the text color in Internet Explorer.
Prevent the use of Windows colors
This policy setting prevents the user from using Windows colors as a part of the display settings. If you enable this policy setting Windows colors are turned off. The user cannot turn them on. If you disable this policy setting Windows colors are turned on. The user cannot turn them off. If you do not configure this policy setting the user can turn on or turn off Windows colors for display.
Prevent specifying cipher strength update information URLs
This policy setting prevents the user from specifying a URL that contains update information about cipher strength. When the user logs on to a secure page the page cannot grant access unless the Internet browser connects with a prespecified encryption. To ensure that the browser meets this requirement this policy setting allows you to specify the URL to update the browser security setting. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot specify the cipher strength update information URL. You must specify the cipher strength update information URL. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can specify the cipher strength update information URL.
Send internationalized domain names
This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer converts Unicode domain names to internationalized domain name (IDN) format (Punycode) before sending them to Domain Name System (DNS) servers or to proxy servers. If you enable this policy setting you must specify when IDN server names should be sent: 0) Unicode domain names are never converted to IDN format. 1) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone. 2) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are in the Intranet zone. 3) Unicode domain names are always converted to IDN format. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can control this setting by using Advanced Options in Internet Control Panel. By default domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone.
Send internationalized domain names
This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer converts Unicode domain names to internationalized domain name (IDN) format (Punycode) before sending them to Domain Name System (DNS) servers or to proxy servers. If you enable this policy setting you must specify when IDN server names should be sent: 0) Unicode domain names are never converted to IDN format. 1) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone. 2) Unicode domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are in the Intranet zone. 3) Unicode domain names are always converted to IDN format. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can control this setting by using Advanced Options in Internet Control Panel. By default domain names are converted to IDN format only for addresses that are not in the Intranet zone.
Use UTF-8 for mailto links
This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer uses 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) for mailto links. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer encodes mailto links in UTF-8. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Internet Explorer sends mailto links encoded through the user’s code page. This behavior matches the behavior of Internet Explorer 6 and earlier. The user can change this behavior on the Internet Explorer Tools menu: Click Internet Options click the Advanced tab and then under International select the “Use UTF-8 for mailto links” check box.
Use UTF-8 for mailto links
This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer uses 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) for mailto links. If you enable this policy setting Internet Explorer encodes mailto links in UTF-8. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Internet Explorer sends mailto links encoded through the user’s code page. This behavior matches the behavior of Internet Explorer 6 and earlier. The user can change this behavior on the Internet Explorer Tools menu: Click Internet Options click the Advanced tab and then under International select the “Use UTF-8 for mailto links” check box.
Prevent ignoring certificate errors
This policy setting prevents the user from ignoring Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificate errors that interrupt browsing (such as “expired” “revoked” or “name mismatch” errors) in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot continue browsing. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can choose to ignore certificate errors and continue browsing.
Prevent ignoring certificate errors
This policy setting prevents the user from ignoring Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificate errors that interrupt browsing (such as “expired” “revoked” or “name mismatch” errors) in Internet Explorer. If you enable this policy setting the user cannot continue browsing. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can choose to ignore certificate errors and continue browsing.