need help finding registry keys

[zero6972102]

I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set a
computer that way.

 

[Tim Meddick]

I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Sorry - I got the first setting wrong in the reg file - ALL the dword
values of the four optional settings should be set to 1

i.e.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000001

....Plus, the comment lines and the setting in the last item have been
messed up with 'line-wrap' .

ALL comment lines should start with ";" (a semi-colon) or it will
interfere with importing of it with regedit.exe.

AND the setting itself had also been subject to line-wrap because of the
space near to the end of the line between the words "Control" and
"Panel"

You will have to straighten this out....

On the off-chance you can "see" file attachments with *your* news
reader - I have sent the reg file with this post.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save
it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it
as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings
page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will
stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create
a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access
to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact
registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry
key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set
a
computer that way.

 

[Guest]

If you're playing around with GPO's then why don't you just create the extra
items. By downloading the IE7 or IE8 ADM templates from Microsoft it will
make life easier for you

 

[zero6972102]

Thanks to all of you for your help.
I believe that this will really help me out a lot.

 

[Guest]

We are all here to help

If you need expert help with GPO's then you can use
http://technet.microsoft.com or microsoft.public.windows.group_policy

Good luck!

 

[Jose]

Thanks to all of you for your help.
I believe that this will really help me out a lot.

Here is a MSDN article with Windows 2000 Group Policy Registry Table.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms815238.aspx

It has a lot, but doesn't cover some of the newer XP things like what
Tim offered (too old).

If somebody could find one more up to date, that would be good to have.

 

[ju.c]

Those are not Group Policy keys.

Here is the key you're looking for:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]


ju.c

Sorry - I got the first setting wrong in the reg file - ALL the dword values of the four optional settings should be set to 1

i.e.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000001

...Plus, the comment lines and the setting in the last item have been messed up with 'line-wrap' .

ALL comment lines should start with ";" (a semi-colon) or it will interfere with importing of it with regedit.exe.

AND the setting itself had also been subject to line-wrap because of the space near to the end of the line between the words
"Control" and "Panel"

You will have to straighten this out....

On the off-chance you can "see" file attachments with *your* news reader - I have sent the reg file with this post.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access
to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact
registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry
key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set
a
computer that way.

 

[ju.c]

Export this key after making your changes:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]


ju.c

 

[Tim Meddick]

ju.c ,
I don't think that's quite right...

The keys that I provided in my earlier post (albeit that it was corrupted a little by
line-wrap) do work to prevent access to the items specified.

However, Group Policies DO supersede these settings, and in a subsequent post, I
told the OP how to go about finding the policy items in the 'Group Policy Editor' -
which, I feel, was an adequate solution.

But your suggestion that you can simply write down, save or export Group Policy
Objects is, to me, not right.

I may be wrong but I always thought that the keys with long string names (those keys
within the key "Group Policy Objects" ) were GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) and
not something that you can simply "export" or copy.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Those are not Group Policy keys.

Here is the key you're looking for:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer]


ju.c

Sorry - I got the first setting wrong in the reg file - ALL the dword values of
the four optional settings should be set to 1

i.e.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000001

...Plus, the comment lines and the setting in the last item have been messed up
with 'line-wrap' .

ALL comment lines should start with ";" (a semi-colon) or it will interfere with
importing of it with regedit.exe.

AND the setting itself had also been subject to line-wrap because of the space
near to the end of the line between the words "Control" and "Panel"

You will have to straighten this out....

On the off-chance you can "see" file attachments with *your* news reader - I have
sent the reg file with this post.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access
to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact
registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry
key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set
a
computer that way.

 

[ju.c]

I've been exporting/importing Group Policy for years.
Keep trying and you might yet figure it out.


ju.c

ju.c ,
I don't think that's quite right...

The keys that I provided in my earlier post (albeit that it was corrupted a little by
line-wrap) do work to prevent access to the items specified.

However, Group Policies DO supersede these settings, and in a subsequent post, I
told the OP how to go about finding the policy items in the 'Group Policy Editor' -
which, I feel, was an adequate solution.

But your suggestion that you can simply write down, save or export Group Policy
Objects is, to me, not right.

I may be wrong but I always thought that the keys with long string names (those keys
within the key "Group Policy Objects" ) were GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) and
not something that you can simply "export" or copy.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Those are not Group Policy keys.

Here is the key you're looking for:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer]


ju.c

Sorry - I got the first setting wrong in the reg file - ALL the dword values of
the four optional settings should be set to 1

i.e.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000001

...Plus, the comment lines and the setting in the last item have been messed up
with 'line-wrap' .

ALL comment lines should start with ";" (a semi-colon) or it will interfere with
importing of it with regedit.exe.

AND the setting itself had also been subject to line-wrap because of the space
near to the end of the line between the words "Control" and "Panel"

You will have to straighten this out....

On the off-chance you can "see" file attachments with *your* news reader - I have
sent the reg file with this post.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access
to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact
registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry
key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set
a
computer that way.

 

[Tim Meddick]

Well, I tried deleting the per-user setting (that does not rely on GPOs) that
prevents the changing of the homepage

(i.e.: key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel value:
HomePage0x00000001 )

...and then setting the same [relative] setting within the key you quoted

(i.e.: key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control Panel value: HomePage0x00000001)

....and it had NO EFFECT on the homepage setting in Internet Options.

However, on using the Group policy Editor to set the same setting, the registry
decided to place it in :

key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{F530E122-91D9-4847-B60B-5BF42ABCFF23}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control Panel value: HomePage0x00000001)

In other words; the unique key under "Group Policy Objects" that you quoted was :

{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User

....and the one MY machine decided to place it under was :

{F530E122-91D9-4847-B60B-5BF42ABCFF23}User

And, just in case you meant the "No change History settings" setting, I set that as
well using GPO, and it too was placed under the {F530E122.... key.

So, without being patronising, can you tell me what is going on here, if it is not as
I said (GUIDs (Globally Unique IDentifiers) being employed)?....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

I've been exporting/importing Group Policy for years.
Keep trying and you might yet figure it out.


ju.c

ju.c ,
I don't think that's quite right...

The keys that I provided in my earlier post (albeit that it was corrupted a little
by line-wrap) do work to prevent access to the items specified.

However, Group Policies DO supersede these settings, and in a subsequent post, I
told the OP how to go about finding the policy items in the 'Group Policy
Editor' - which, I feel, was an adequate solution.

But your suggestion that you can simply write down, save or export Group Policy
Objects is, to me, not right.

I may be wrong but I always thought that the keys with long string names (those
keys within the key "Group Policy Objects" ) were GUIDs (Globally Unique
Identifiers) and not something that you can simply "export" or copy.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

Those are not Group Policy keys.

Here is the key you're looking for:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy
Objects\{117629A0-C384-401F-9AA0-B8274C6804A0}User\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer]


ju.c


Sorry - I got the first setting wrong in the reg file - ALL the dword values of
the four optional settings should be set to 1

i.e.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000001

...Plus, the comment lines and the setting in the last item have been messed up
with 'line-wrap' .

ALL comment lines should start with ";" (a semi-colon) or it will interfere with
importing of it with regedit.exe.

AND the setting itself had also been subject to line-wrap because of the space
near to the end of the line between the words "Control" and "Panel"

You will have to straighten this out....

On the off-chance you can "see" file attachments with *your* news reader - I
have sent the reg file with this post.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




I've done my best to try and find registry settings that equate to the
options you specified.

I have written it in the form of a registry .reg file. Copy and paste
the text 'between the lines' into a text file using Notepad and save it
with a dot-reg [.reg] extension.

Before importing it (by double-clicking on the new .reg file) edit it as
you desire :


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

REGEDIT4

; This one stops editing of the Temporary Internet Files settings page.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"Cache"=dword:00000000


; This one stops the changing of Internet history settings.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001


; This one stops the changing of the currently specified homepage.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"HomePage"=dword:00000001


; Because I couldn't find all the settings you want, as the all appear
to be
; under the 'General' tab of Internet options - this reg value will stop
the
; whole 'General tab' from appearing in the Internet Options control
panel.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001


------------------- copy between lines -------------------

*Note - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

I hope this encompasses what you wanted.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




I have recently ran across using gpedit.msc to restrict a users access
to the
History.

I was wondering if someone could help me to figure out the exact
registry
keys for the processes of:
"Disable changing Temporary Internet Files settings",
"Turn off 'Delete Browsing History' functionality",
"Disable 'Configure History'", and
"Prevent the deletion of temporary Internet files and cookies".

These can be found by going to:
gpedit.msc,
User Configuration,
Administrative Templates,
Windows Components, and
clicking on Internet Explorer.

I would like the actual registry keys so that I can make a registry
key to
change them without having to go to gpupdate every time I want to set
a
computer that way.