Setting System Policies and Restrictions

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On the System Policies and Restrictions screen, you can select a category and change the corresponding system policies and restrictions. A default set of policy templates, or administration (.adm) files, define the rules for the wide range of settings that appear on the System Policies and Restrictions screen. These same settings appear in both the Internet Explorer Customization wizard (Stage 5) and the IEAK Profile Manager. The first time that the wizard is run, the .adm files are created in the C:\Program Files\Ieak\Policies directory.

Cc977541.prcarrow(en-us,TechNet.10).gif To set system policies and restrictions with the IEAK

  1. To display the system policies and restrictions that you can define for a category, double-click the category name that appears in bold type.
    The following Internet Explorer Customization wizard screen shows the System Policies and Restrictions categories.
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    Note The system policies and restrictions that you can set depend on the title that you select as your role in Stage 1 of the Internet Explorer Customization wizard - either Content Provider/Developer, Service Provider, or Corporate Administrator.

  2. Select or clear the check boxes. For example, you can expand the Web Desktop category and select the Desktop object to specify Desktop options, such as Disable Active Desktop .

The following table briefly describes each of the categories for which you can specify system policies and restrictions.

Area

Description

Microsoft NetMeeting

Specifies settings that restrict access privileges to NetMeeting. You can use these settings to control bandwidth, server access, and the appearance of NetMeeting components.

Control Management

Selects the approved set of controls for data binding, MSN online service, and Internet Explorer components. All other controls will be locked down and will not run on users' computers.

Internet Settings

Specifies a variety of Internet settings for users, including options for printing, searching, multimedia, and security. Most of these settings apply to default values in the Internet Control Panel.

Identity Manager

Prevents users from creating multiple identities within a Windows logon profile using the Microsoft Identity Manager.

Offline Pages

Controls the amount of information downloaded by disabling or limiting access to offline functions, such as the number of offline pages that users can download and the maximum number of minutes between scheduled updates. These settings improve server load by restricting bandwidth usage.

Corporate Restrictions

Specifies and locks down Internet Options settings and other browser options, such as search customization and software updates. These settings can lock out features of Internet Explorer that may be unnecessary or undesirable for users, and prevent modifications to settings made during setup or automatic configuration.

Web Desktop

Restricts users' ability to add, access, modify, or delete various portions of the desktop. These settings control how users manage files, use printers, and accomplish other everyday tasks.

Corporate Settings

Specifies and locks down settings for Temporary Internet files, code download, browsing errors, and Microsoft Office file types. For example, you can choose which error messages the browser will suppress.

Microsoft Windows Media Player

Customizes the Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer Radio, and network settings, and also prevents the installation of Windows Media Player favorites.

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