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Tweak #15 - november 21, 2001
Internet options allow users to change lots of settings.
You might not want the users of your computers to change certain settings. For example, you might want to be sure that the home page is set to your intranet homepage and users can not change it. Or you might not want them to change their connection settings, so that they con't call you because they stuffed up.
This set of tweaks let you disable numerous of the settings in Internet options. you can remove any of the tabs or specific tiems in these tabs.
Go to the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft
Look for the following subkey:
Internet Explorer
If it doesn't exist, create it.
Navigate to the Internet Explorer key and look for the following subkey:
Control Panel
If it doesn't exist, create it.
Navigate to the Control Panel key. This is where we will add some values.
To disable any of the tabs from the settings, create the following DWORD values and set them to 1:
| Value | To remove | reg file |
| GeneralTab | General | tweak15_generaltab.reg |
| SecurityTab | Security | tweak15_securitytab.reg |
| ContentTab | Content | tweak15_contenttab.reg |
| ConnectionsTab | Connections | tweak15_connectionstab.reg |
| ProgramsTab | Programs | tweak15_programstab.reg |
| AdvancedTab | Advanced | tweak15_advancedtab.reg |
| All of the above | Disable internet options completely | tweak15_all.reg |
If you disable all the tabs, Internet Options will just display an error message.
In the first tab, you can individually disable the Home Page, Temporary Internet Files and History parts. Use the following values:
| Value | To disable | reg file |
| Homepage | The home page address and the buttons for Use current, Use default and Use blank | tweak15_homepage.reg |
| Settings | Temporary internet files buttons: Delete files and Settings | tweak15_settings.reg |
| History | The history controls: Days to keep in history and Clear history | tweak15_history.reg |
Also in the first tab, you have four buttons with more settings.
You can not disable these buttons, but you can disable the controls in the dialogs that show up after that.
| Value | To disable | reg file |
| Colors | The Colors part of the Colors dialog | tweak15_colors.reg |
| Links | The Links part of the Colors dialog | tweak15_links.reg |
| Fonts | Everything in the Fonts dialog | tweak15_fonts.reg |
| Languages | Everything in the Languages dialog | tweak15_languages.reg |
| Accessibility | Everything in the Accessibility dialog | tweak15_accessibility.reg |
To restore all the defaults, download tweak15_restore.reg.