How can I add or
remove the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
Enhanced Security Configuration feature
in Windows Server 2003?
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Windows 2003 introduces the IE Enhanced Security Configuration
and enables this configuration by default for all users
and groups. This locked-down configuration protects
your computer from exposure on the Web by initially
blocking connections to most Web sites, although you
can add any Web sites that you regularly visit as part
of a trusted zone. By default, the IE Enhanced Security
Configuration considers the Windows Update and Error
Reporting Web sites, and not much else, as trusted sites.
To add or remove the IE Enhanced Security Configuration
feature from Windows 2003, perform the following steps:
- Start the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet
(go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, and click Add/Remove
Programs).
- Click Add/Remove Windows Components in the left
pane of the dialog box.
- Scroll down to Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
Configuration and select the check box to activate
the locked-down configuration or clear the check box
to deactivate the locked-down configuration.
- If you're enabling the locked-down configuration,
click Details to select which users (e.g., administrator
groups, all other user groups) you want the policy
to apply to.
- Click Next, then follow the onscreen instructions
to finish configuring the settings.
How can I adjust
the amount of space that Microsoft Internet
Explorer (IE) reserves for temporary Internet
files?
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To modify the amount of space that IE uses for temporary
files, perform the following steps:
- Go to Control Panel, then open the Internet Options
applet (or open IE, then select Internet Options
from the Tools menu).
- Under the "Temporary Internet files" section,
click Settings.
- Under the "Temporary Internet files folder" area,
move the slider or enter the amount of space to
use (in megabytes), then click OK.
- Click OK to return to the main dialog box.
How can I
clear the temporary Internet files
in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)?
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When you visit a Web page, IE caches the page contents
to disk so that the next time you visit the page,
IE can read certain elements (e.g., images) from the
local disk instead of having to download them again.
This functionality also lets you view pages you've
looked at before, even if you're not connected to
the Web.
IE stores the files in the \%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files folder (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\john\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files). Although you can
delete the content directly, which also removes all
your cookies, the Microsoft-supported method is as
follows:
- Go to Control Panel, then open the Internet Options
applet (or open IE, then select Internet Options
from the Tools menu).
- Under the "Temporary Internet files" section on
the General tab, click Delete Files. You can also
select the "Delete all offline content" check box
on the Delete Files dialog box to delete offline
files.
- Click OK to return to the main dialog box.
If you haven't previously deleted the temporary files,
the delete process might be time consuming because
it might need to delete thousands of small files.
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