What additional restrictions are available in Internet Explorer IE4.01 SP2 and above?

John Savill

January 8, 2000

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A. Additional restrictions can be applied to IE 4.01 Service Pack 2and IE 5.0 which have an updated Shdocvw.dll.

The restrictions below should be added toHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerRestrictions oftype DWORD value. Set to 1 to be enable, 0 to disable.

NoFileOpen

Disables Open command on File menu, CTRL+O, and CTRL+L.

NoFileNew

Disables CTRL+N NoBrowserSaveAs Disables Save and Save As onthe File menu.

NoBrowserOptions

Disables Internet Options on the View menu (disables changingbrowser settings).

NoFavorites

No Favorites menu, adding to favorites, or organizingfavorites.

NoSelectDownloadDir

Prevents user from being able to select download folder by notdisplaying the Save As dialog box when a file is downloaded.

NoBrowserContextMenu

Disables HTML context menu.

NoBrowserClose

Disable ALT+F4.

NoFindFiles

Disables the F3 key.

NoTheaterMode

Disables the F11 key.

NoFindFiles and NoTheaterMode are created by default during the installationof Service Pack 2 but are of type BINARY due to limitations of .inf files. Youcan, if you wish, delete and recreate these as DWORD values.

To prevent users from customizing the IE5 Icons & toolbar edit thefollowing HKCUSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftInternetExplorerToolbarsRestrictionsNoToolbarOption).

Also under HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer,add the value NoBandCustomize (REG_Dword) to stop changing buttons. Add thevalue NoToolbarCustomize (REG_DWORD) to remove the 'customize' option from thetoolbar right click menu. Value 0=enabled 1=disabled.

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