What restrictions are available with Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 1 and above?

John Savill

January 3, 2001

5 Min Read
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A. With Internet Explorer (IE) 5.x, you have many options for limiting the actions that users can perform (see the table below for a complete list). You can apply these restrictions either to one user by setting the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerRestrictions registry key or to all users by setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerRestrictions registry key. If you set a restriction at both the user and the machine level, the machine level setting takes precedence. A value of 1 enables the restriction; a value of 0 disables the restriction.

To add a restriction, perform the following steps:

  1. Start regedit.exe.

  2. Go to either HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerRestrictions (for a user) or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerRestrictions (for all users).

  3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value.

  4. In the table, find the desired value, enter it for the Value name, and press Enter.

  5. Double-click the new value and set it to 1 to enable the restriction. Click OK.

  6. Close regedit.

Value name

Description

NoToolbarCustomize

Customize the toolbar.

NoBandCustomize

Customize the band.

SmallIcons

Force small icons.

LockIconSize

Change the icon size.

SpecifyDefaultButtons

Must be set to 1 if you are going to disable any of the default buttons, such as the Back button (Btn_Back).

Btn_Back

Back button and menu item

Btn_Forward

Forward button and menu item.

Btn_Stop

Stop button and menu item.

Btn_Refresh

Refresh button and menu item.

Btn_Home

Home button and menu item.

Btn_Search

Search button and menu item.

Btn_History

History button and menu item.

Btn_Favorites

Favorites button and menu item.

Btn_Folders

Folders Options command on the View menu.

Btn_Fullscreen

Full Screen command on the Edit menu.

Btn_Tools

Tools button and menu item.

Btn_MailNews

Mail and News button and menu item.

Btn_Size

Edit text size menu item.

Btn_Print

Print button and menu item.

Btn_Edit

Edit menu item.

Btn_Discussions

Discussion button and menu item.

Btn_Cut

Edit/Cut menu item.

Btn_Copy

Edit/Copy menu item.

Btn_Paste

Edit/Paste menu item.

Btn_Encoding

View/Encoding menu item.

NoWindowsUpdate

Removes Windows Update from the Tools Menu.

NoExpandedNewMenu

Expand new menus.

NoFileUrl

Run link to local file URL.

NoChannelUI                  

Channels user interface.

NoAddingChannels             

Add channels.

NoEditingChannels            

Edit channels.

NoRemovingChannels           

Remove channels.

NoAddingSubscriptions        

Add subscriptions.

NoEditingSubscriptions       

Edit subscriptions.

NoRemovingSubscriptions      

Remove subscriptions.

NoChannelLogging             

Channel logging.

NoManualUpdates              

Manual updates.

NoScheduledUpdates           

Update schedules.

NoUnattendedDialing          

Unattended dialing.

NoChannelContent             

Channel CDFs will be delivered but without content. Overrides the per-channel settings.

NoSubscriptionContent        

Subscriptions will be monitored for changes, but content will not be downloaded.

NoEditingScheduleGroups      

Edit schedule groups/create new ones.

MaxChannelSize               

Maximum size in KB of channel elements in the cache. Overrides channel maximums the user sets.

MaxSubscriptionSize          

Maximum size in KB of subscription elements in the cache. Overrides subscription maximums the user sets.

MaxChannelCount              

User can't add more than n channels. Not applied retroactively. Administrators can push more than n. N may not be zero.

MaxSubscriptionCount         

User can't add more than n subscriptions. Not applied retroactively. Administrators can push more than n. N may not be zero.

MinUpdateInterval            

Channels and subscriptions can't be updated more often than this number of minutes.

UpdateExcludeBegin           

Number of minutes from midnight where schedule changes are excluded. Zero is not valid.

UpdateExcludeEnd

End of a range in which to exclude schedule updates. May be lower than UpdateExcludeBegin.

UpdateInNewProcess           

Subscriptions will be updated in a separate process, making the system more stable but slightly slower.

MaxWebcrawlLevels            

Site subscriptions will be limited to MaxWebcrawlLevels - 1. Zero disables the restriction.

MaxChannelLevels             

Channel subscriptions that contain LEVEL tags will be limited to MaxChannelLevels - 1. Zero disables the restriction.

NoSubscriptionPasswords      

Prevents the entering and caching of passwords.

NoBrowserSaveWebComplete     

Only save as .HTML, .HTM, or .TXT.

NoSearchCustomization        

Customize search.

NoSplash                     

Start-up splash screen

NoFileOpen                   

File/Open menu item (IE only).

NoFileNew                    

File/New menu item (IE only).

NoBrowserSaveAs              

File/save as menu item (IE only)

NoBrowserOptions             

Tools/Internet options menu item (IE only).

NoFavorites                  

Favorites menu item (IE only).

NoSelectDownloadDir          

Select download directory (IE only).

NoBrowserContextMenu         

Browser context menu (IE only).

NoBrowserClose               

Close browser (IE only).

NoOpeninNewWnd               

New browser window (IE only).

NoTheaterMode                

Theater mode (IE only).

NoFindFiles                  

Find files dialog (IE only).

NoViewSource                 

Edit/View source menu item (IE only).

RestGoMenu                   

View/Go to menu item (IE only).

NoToolbarOptions             

Toolbar options (IE only).

AlwaysPromptWhenDownload     

Always prompts when downloading (IE only).

NoHelpItemTipOfTheDay        

Tip of the day (IE only).

NoHelpItemNetscapeHelp       

Netscape help (IE only).

NoHelpItemTutorial           

Tutorial (IE only).

NoHelpItemSendFeedback       

Send feedback (IE only).

NoNavButtons                 

Navigation buttons (IE only).

NoHelpMenu

Help menu item (IE only). (There is a known problem with this not working with IE 5.01 SP1, and a fix is available.)

NoBrowserBars                

Browser bars (IE only).

NoToolBar                   

Tool bar (IE only).

NoAddressBar                 

Address bar (IE only).

NoLinksBar                   

Links bar (IE only).

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