Internet Explorer security question

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Leny wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Using XPPro I'm trying to change the IE security level for each
> zone (Internet, intranet, etc) without success. Everytime I set a
> level below "high" in Internet, XP shows me a warning message and goes
> back to high. For some reason, other coworkers have the "medium" level
> by default, instead of 'high'. Do you know why this could be happening
> ?
>
> Looking for help, I was able to find some posts suggesting to
> change the Zones in the register for a '10000' value to be able to
> change the zone security level. They didn't work. Do you know any
> alternative way to be able again to select the security level?
>
> On the other hand, in the 'restricted sites' (I'm translating the
> names back to english from Spanish, so they might not be exactly the
> same as in the english version of WinXP) I have a huge list of places
> that I *never* inserted. Again, I'm unable to delete them. Each time I
> delete one and click the 'Ok' button, it reappears the next time in
> the list. Is there any way to delete them? Is any Windows update
> responsible to have inserted them there?
>

It sounds like the restrictions are coming from Group Policy settings.
If you are in an office situation with a domain, check with your IT
Dept. They are the ones who set up Group Policy.

Malke
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