RE: Hiding Popup Blocker Settings

From: security_freak (securityfreak_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:31:09 -0700

Hello,
You can check this site to do it either through the registry or Group policy.
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/popmgmt.htm
Have you found a way to prevent users from making changes to the settings
accessible through the Privacy Report icon?
Hope this helps

"nb" wrote:

> We're packaging WinXPSP2 for deployment to users. One change I'd like to make
> is to hide or disable changes to the Popup Blocker settings by removing the
> option from the Tools menu in IE. It will be turned on in our package with
> Medium security level and we'd like to see it stay that way.
>
> I can't find anything in Group Policy or the registry to do this...has
> anyone discovered the setting?

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