Marin Marinov said in
No, they can't. Physically it's absolutely the same dialog fired up
from two different places. Once you enable "Disable the Security page"
setting the tab is gone. Where have you observed this?
The following registry key blocks access to the Internet Options applet
but *only* when called from within IE:
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
NoBrowserOptions = 0 or omitted (enabled)
= 1 (disabled)
This tweak can be set/cleared in several utilities, like Spybot. The
applet itself is not restricted, only calling it from within IE is
disabled.
I didn't know what registry keys or value names get created or modified
for the group policy settings you mentioned. So I ran Installwatch to
take a snapshot, changed the policy (to enable the disable of the
Security tab, and the same for the other tabs), analyzed the changes
made to the registry, and found it alters:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\LocalUser\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel
AdvancedTab = 1
ConnectionsTab = 1
ContentTab = 1
GeneralTab = 1
PrivacyTab = 1
ProgramsTab = 1
SecurityTab = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel
AdvancedTab = 1
ConnectionsTab = 1
ContentTab = 1
GeneralTab = 1
PrivacyTab = 1
ProgramsTab = 1
SecurityTab = 1
When I opened the Internet Options applet (either through IE, Control
Panel, or inetcpl.cpl), the Security tab was indeed missing. When I
disabled all tabs then I would get the prompt that access was denied.
Thanks for the heads up. I had been disappointed with other utilities
that supposedly locked out the Internet Options applet but only did so
when called from within IE.
