Appendix A: Internet Explorer Maintenance Extension Settings
The following table lists Windows® Internet Explorer® Maintenance (IEM) extension settings in Group Policy that you can use to manage browsers on your users' computers.
Some of these settings are only available when you are using IEM in Normal mode, and other settings are only available when you are using IEM in Preference mode.
In Normal mode, policy settings are refreshed regularly on your users' computers, ensuring that your users cannot change those settings permanently.
In Preference mode, users are provided with the same starting configuration for their browsers, but they can personalize the configuration.
Note
You must be a member of the Administrators group to work with Group Policy settings and Group Policy objects.
For more information about using Group Policy settings (including Administrative Templates settings) to manage Internet Explorer 8, see:
The in-product Help (Ieakmmc.chm) for the IEM snap-in for the Microsoft® Management Console.
Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows Vista (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54020).
Settings category | Settings page | Description | IEM mode | ||
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Browser User Interface |
Browser Title |
Customize the text that appears in the title bar of Internet Explorer. The text you enter appears after the string “Windows Internet Explorer provided by”. |
Normal only |
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Browser User Interface |
Custom Logo and Animated Bitmaps |
Customize the static and animated Internet Explorer logos in the upper-right corner of the Internet Explorer window.
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Normal only |
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Browser User Interface |
Browser Toolbar Customizations |
Normal or Preference |
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Connection |
Connection Settings |
Note If you are planning to use an .ins file to configure your users' browser settings, the URL for automatic configuration is not imported with other connection settings. That URL must be set manually with Automatic Browser Configuration settings. |
Normal or Preference |
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Connection |
Automatic Browser Configuration |
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Normal or Preference |
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Connection |
Proxy Settings |
Note The gopher:// protocol type is not available for Internet Explorer 8. |
Normal or Preference |
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Connection |
User Agent String |
Enter custom text that will be appended to the default Internet Explorer 8 user agent string. Internet Explorer 8 sends the user agent string to Web servers with each page request to identify itself, its version number, and the operating system. The string can be used by Web servers to display specialized content or to maintain site statistics. Note Customizing the user agent string is optional, but if you decide to do this, be aware that Web server software in other organizations may detect the customized string. |
Normal only |
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URLs |
Favorites and Links |
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Normal or Preference |
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URLs |
Important URLs |
Specify custom URLs for the home page, Search bar, and Online Support page, instead of using the default values provided by Internet Explorer. |
Normal or Preference |
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Security |
Security Zones and Content Ratings |
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Normal or Preference |
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Security |
Authenticode Settings |
Import Authenticode settings from your computer, and customize them before applying them to your users' computers. Authenticode enables you to designate software publishers and credentials agencies as trustworthy. Note This option is not available for Internet Explorer 8. |
Normal or Preference |
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Programs |
Programs |
Import the current default programs settings from your computer for Internet services such as e-mail and newsgroups, and modify them before applying them to browsers on your users' computers. |
Normal or Preference |
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Advanced |
Corporate Settings |
Set user and computer preferences in the Inetcorp.iem template for the browsers on your users' computers. These settings enable you to specify the behavior of temporary Internet files, the location used to download ActiveX® or Java controls, and which error codes are allowed. Note Error code settings are not applied on computers running Internet Explorer 8. |
Preference only |
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Advanced |
Internet Settings |
Set user and machine preferences (not all are applicable to Internet Explorer 8) in the Inetset.iem template for the browsers on your users' computers. (These settings correspond to options in Internet Options in Control Panel.) Note All of these settings can also be managed as true policies by using Group Policy Administrative Templates. In Group Policy, expand Computer Configuration or User Configuration, and then expand Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer, and Internet Settings. |
Preference only |