ZoneElevation-wmi.vbs
By The Scripting Guys, Microsoft Corporation
This script turns on or off the zone elevation restriction for the iexplore.exe process by editing the registry, using the WMI System Registry provider. It can run against a local or remote computer.
ZoneElevation-wmi.vbs corresponds to ZoneElevation.vbs, one of the scripts that ships with Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and which are documented in the Appendix. You can download a Windows Installer (.msi) file that installs the Guide and its associated scripts from:
To use the script, copy the code, paste it into Notepad, and then save the script as ZoneElevation-wmi.vbs. To run the script, open a command prompt window to the directory of the script and type:
cscript zoneelevation-wmi.vbs
If the default script host on the computer is Cscript.exe, the initial "cscript" may be omitted.
Script Code
'******************************************************************************
'ZoneElevation-wmi.vbs
'Author: Peter Costantini, the Microsoft Scripting Guys
'Date: 08/25/04
'Revision 1.0
'System requirement: Windows XP Service Pack 2.
'This script edits the registry to turn on or off the zone elevation
'restriction for the iexplore.exe process.
'It can be run against a local or remote computer.
'Edit intValue as needed. Valid values are as follows:
'1 = Turns on the zone elevation restriction.
'0 = Turns off the zone elevation restriction.
'******************************************************************************
On Error Resume Next
'Global variables
strComputer = "." ' Can be changed to name of remote computer.
'Connect with WMI service and StdRegProv class.
Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
If Err = 0 Then
SetValue
Else
WScript.Echo "Unable to connect to WMI StdRegProv on " & strComputer & "."
WScript.Echo " Error Number:" & Err.Number
WScript.Echo " Source:" & Err.Source
WScript.Echo " Description:" & Err.Description
End If
Err.Clear
'******************************************************************************
Sub SetValue
'Local constants and variables
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl" & _
"\FEATURE_ZONE_ELEVATION"
strEntryName = "iexplore.exe"
intValue = 0
intReturn = objReg.SetDWORDValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, _
strEntryName, intValue)
If intReturn = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Changed value of " & strEntryName & " to " & intValue & "."
Else
WScript.Echo "ERROR: Unable to change value of " & strEntryName & "."
End If
End Sub
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