Today, all companies have views on what is appropriate surfing, here is where you control which sites are allowed. Keep the most important sites near the top of the users search path. You may consider configuring these links centrally for all users. Guy’s advice – always set these policies. Setting the Search Engine and online support will also benefit users. Here is an Internet Explorer Group Policy for the ‘Home Page’. Guy’s advice – useful for users with dial-up connections. Watch out for a check box which allows you to delete old modem settings. You do not want users fiddling with modem settings, therefore, manage any connections through a Windows Server 2003 Group Policy. Tricky setting – worth a look, especially when a new version of IE is released. Guy’s advice – must configure this setting. Use a Microsoft Group Policy to centralize these TCP/IP numbers. Most intranets will benefit from controlling the proxy server IP and ports. Perhaps it’s worth the effort configuring if you are a large company or wish to impress your users or customers. * Guy’s Top Three IE Maintenance Group Policies Give this permissions monitor a try – it’s free!ĭownload Permissions Analyser – Free Active Directory Tool Think of all the frustration that this free utility saves when you are troubleshooting authorization problems for users access to a resource. When you launch this tool it analyzes a users effective NTFS permissions for a specific file or folder, takes into account network share access, then displays the results in a nifty desktop dashboard! I like the Permissions Monitor because it enables me to see quickly WHO has permissions to do WHAT. Guy Recommends: Permissions Analyzer – Free Active Directory Tool For example, controlling the proxy server and setting their home page. This section has a good mixture of policies which lock down the user, coupled with policies to spoon feed them with sensible defaults. The internet explorer is ripe for Microsoft Group Policies. User, Windows Settings, Internet Explorer Maintenance (Best) Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorerġ.User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer.User Configuration, Windows Settings, Internet Explorer Maintenance (Best).Here are the three sections which specialize in IE, they are listed in my order of importance. Some say that there are over 700 policies in Server 2003, it feels like there are 200 just for Internet Explorer. There are three places in Windows Server 2003 where you can configure Internet Explorer policies. There are about a dozen main IE settings, if you would like advice on which are with bothering with, check Guy’s advice at the end of each component. This section is for administrators who want advice on how to control Microsoft’s Internet Explorer settings with a Group Policy. Group Policy – Internet Explorer Maintenance
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