IEHardenAdmin

IEHardenAdmin specifies whether Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) is enabled for all administrators on the computer. When Internet Explorer ESC is enabled, it reduces the exposure of your server to potential security attacks from Web pages that do not belong to the Local Intranet zone or the Trusted Sites zone.

Values

true

Specifies that ESC is enabled for all administrators on the computer. This is the default setting.

false

Specifies that ESC is not enabled for all administrators on the computer.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-IE-ESC | IEHardenAdmin

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-IE-ESC.

XML Example

The following XML output specifies that ESC is enabled for all administrators on the computer.

<IEHardenAdmin>true</IEHardenAdmin>

LocalIntranetSites

TrustedSites

Microsoft-Windows-IE-ESC