There is currently a security advisory out about a Zero Day vulnerability in Internet Explore 6 & 7 on Windows XP and Vista. While there is no patch out for this issues so far you can mitigate the security a number ways using Group Policy. Below I have listed two ways to implement the workaround as listed by Microsoft using…

Microsoft have just released a hotfix (KB980959) to fix the problem with the “Configured new tab page default behaviour” group policy setting not working for Internet Explorer 8. Apparently the Intetres.admx had the wrong path configured path is configured to “Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main” where it should be configured to “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabbedPageShow”. If you want to see the setting for your self…

This weeks setting is one that you would use if you are in an environment that you want a very high level of security (e.g. Kiosk computers). The “Allow file download” option is used to prevent the downloading of files via Internet Explorer. This setting does not prevent the browser form downloading files such as images to display in the…

As you know Group Policy Preferences are these fantastic new settings that allow IT administrators perform any configuration they want on a users group using Group Policy… well almost..  In this tutorial I will show you how to configured one of the few settings that are not controlled by preferences but can be configured using a native Group Policy. The…

In part 2 of how to use Group Policy to configure a users home page I will be show you how to use Group Policy Preferences to configure a users home page. There really isn’t a right way you can set the users home pages setting it is really up to your requirements and how much control you want to…

One of the most common setting that Group Policy is used for it so configure browser home pages settings. There are a number of ways that this can be done in Part 1 i am going to go thought the changing the Home Page setting using a native Group Policy. In Part 2 I will explain how to configure home…

As I have previously mentioned there has been a lot of press lately where some hackers took advantage of some holes in IE and Adobe Reader to hack Google’s systems in China. As a result Microsoft have burnt the midnight oil and rushed out an Out of Cycle patch for Internet Explorer to resolve this issues even thought this issues…