How to lock IE ?

[hj_fr]

Hi,

I want to block launching IE from Windows XP. How can I do this ? (reg ? a local policy ? gpedit.msc ? other... ?).

Not just del the links. I want really blocking IE from launching.

Thanks.

[raza]

What do u want to block.Do u completely want to disable IE or uninstall it or u want to block particular websites?

[hj_fr]

No, not uninstall IE.

I would like to block the launching of IE (Disable IE => yes)

[Yzöwl]

You could probably just get away with a reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
"ProxyServer"="0.0.0.0:80"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"Connection Settings"=dword:00000001
"Connwiz Admin Lock"=dword:00000001

Please bear in mind that this will also prevent Opera and things like MS Office too!

[andrewpayne]

Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer.

Create a new DWORD value and name it "DisallowRun" set the value to "1" to enable application restrictions or "0" to allow all applications to run.

Then create a new sub-key called

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

and define the applications the are to be restricted. Creating a new string value for each application, named as consecutive numbers, and setting the value to the filename to be restricted (e.g. "iexplore.exe" to prevent Internet Explorer).

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

[KJxp]

@andrewpayne - XP Home has limited internal support for group policy. Does hj_fr have XP Home or Pro?

[Takeshi]

The policy reg keys do work in XP HE on the local computer, it's not quite true that XP HE doesn't support policies, it's just that it hasn't the GP Editor interface to make the changes and can't implement domain GP.

If XP HE doesn't implement these policy restrictions, then many home users would be immune from hijacking.

[hj_fr]

andrewpayne>

Your tip works perfectly. Thanks !