Tools>Internet Options

[Larry Newton]

I am using IE6 with XP. I have a number of accounts set up, but I would
like to take away the ability of certain users to modify Tools>Internet
Options particularly security and privacy settings. Can I do this for
individual users? Can I do this for all users?

Thanks!

 

[war17]

You need to perform a registry edit. Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions

Set the value of NoBrowserOptions to 1, which will remove the Internet
Options from the Tools menu.

 

[Larry Newton]

Thank you! I'll do that, but does that give me the options to change them if
I need to? How would I do that? Does it affect all users or only those who
have limited accounts?

 

[Larry Newton]

I made the change on the account with "computer administrator" privileges
and the change took effect.

However, the change didn't take effect when I proceeded to log on as one of
my limited accounts. When I ran regedit logged on as one of the limited
accounts, I couldn't add any keys under the HKEY>SOFTWARE>POLICIES>MICROSOFT
level. I received an error message saying I couldn't add a key to this
level (there wasn't one already).

One of my "limited users" is changing the internet options and I want to
prevent him from doing so.

I believe I'm almost there, but . . .

Any more ideas?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

I made the change on the account with "computer administrator"
privileges and the change took effect.

However, the change didn't take effect when I proceeded to log on as
one of my limited accounts. When I ran regedit logged on as one of
the limited accounts, I couldn't add any keys under the
HKEY>SOFTWARE>POLICIES>MICROSOFT level. I received an error message
saying I couldn't add a key to this level (there wasn't one already).

One of my "limited users" is changing the internet options and I want
to prevent him from doing so.

I believe I'm almost there, but . . .

Any more ideas?

Make the change in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Larry Newton]

Did that too. Any other suggestions?

Make the change in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

BTW, the registry restrictions may be overridden by the user

The user can still invoke Internet Options thru Control Panel, or from RUN box "CONTROL INETCPL.CPL"

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k



Did that too. Any other suggestions?