Configure an Internet Explorer 7 Item

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Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

Internet Explorer 7 preference items allow you to update Internet options for Internet Explorer 7. Internet Explorer preference items do not provide a selection of actions because the only possible action is Update .

Creating an Internet Explorer item

To create a new Internet Explorer preference item

  1. Open the Group Policy Management Console . Right-click the Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new preference item, and then click Edit .

  2. In the console tree under User Configuration , expand the Preferences folder, and then expand the Control Panel Settings folder.

  3. Right-click the Internet Settings node, point to New , and select Internet Explorer 7 .

  4. In the New Internet Explorer 7 Properties dialog box, enter Internet options for Group Policy to configure. (For more information, see Enable and Disable Settings in a Preference Item.)

  5. Click the Common tab, configure any options, and then type your comments in the Description box. (For more information, see Configure Common Options.)

  6. Click OK . The new preference item appears in the details pane.

Additional considerations

  • Settings that cannot be enabled or disabled are unavailable. You cannot configure these settings using an Internet Explorer preference item.

  • You can use item-level targeting to change the scope of preference items.

  • Preference items are available only in domain-based GPOs.

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