[WEB4LIB] Missing registry key for NoBrowserOptions

[Andrew Mutch]

Julia,

This registry restrictions works properly.  I'm not sure why the sub-key is
missing but it is easy to add it in.  Once you've browsed in the registry to
"..\Policies\Microsoft\" just select Edit - New - Key and name that key
"Internet Explorer".  Then open that key and select "Edit - New - DWORD" value
and follow the instructions as you found them at the JSI site.  This hack
doesn't remove the "Internet Options" from the Tools menu but it does disable
access to it.

I will note that some of the other common registry hacks won't work if you use
the instuctions listed at JSI or Microsoft.  I've created a help page that
describes the correct way to get those to work here:

http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/pro/ie/restrictions.htm

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Wateford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Julia Schult wrote:

> I'm trying (without any luck) to implement a solution that has been
> discussed on this list before, and is given on one of the pages referred to
> in the Reference Center for Web4Lib.  It's on several web pages, notably
> http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBC/tip1100/rh1147.htm
>
> I'm trying to turn off the Internet Options in Internet Explorer (5.5) on a
> Windows 2000 Pro computer running on an NT network.  The registry hack is to
> set a DWORD entry "NoBrowserOptions" to 1 in:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
>
> However, when I try to navigate there using either regedit or regedt32, that
> folder doesn't exist!  I can get to:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\
> But the only thing under that is \SystemCertificates (with two subfolders,
> \ca and \trust).
> The same is true of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
>
> Where can I find Internet Explorer\Restrictions in the registry?  Or where
> else can I add NoBrowserOptions and NoFavorites?
>
> Or any idea why that subkey isn't there?
>
> ---Julia E. Schult
> Access/Electronic Services Librarian
> Elmira College
> Jschult at elmira.edu