Re: Can Internet Explorer be Deleted?

From: Dan DeStefano (ddestefanoATiagrDOTnet)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:08:58 -0500

No, removing access to Internet Explorer does not affect e-mail. However, I
would not delete IE, instead, set the computer's local Group Policy to deny
access to IE. If you are using Active Directory, then it is easier to set a
GPO for the machines that should have IE disabled.
To disable IE on a machine-by-machine basis go to start>run and type
"gpedit.msc" to open the Group Policy MMC console. Then browse to Local
Computer Policy>User Configuration>Administrative Templates>System then
double-click on "Don't run specified Windows applications." In the resulting
dialog box click the "Enabled" radio button, then click "Show." In the next
dialog box, click "Add," then enter "iexplore.exe." click OK, OK, OK... and
close the Group Policy MMC. This will disallow users from running IE on the
machine the policy was configured on. If you need to do this on a few
machines, then I recommend using AD GPOs instead of local Group Policies,
they are more flexible and scalable. The policy is located in the same path
in the AD GPO as in the local GP.

Dan DeStefano

"RHart" <RHart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:957DA441-5BF7-4016-8290-B92DA76EDC88@microsoft.com...
> I work for a small company that is having major difficulty with internet
> abuse. My IT persons tells me that we are on not able to stop people from
> having internet access simply by deleting internet explorer from their
> individual stations because we are on a LAN, with a router connection to a
> DSL line. Is this true? If my IT person is incorrect and we can stop
people
> by removing internet explorer from their computers would that have any
affect
> on e-mail? We have a seperate server for e-mail.