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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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