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If you are wondering how your local system account is getting proxy settings even though you have applied proxy settings only for users, this post will help you. Here you will see the proxy settings set in Local system account: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT...

Hi, we just want to share some information regarding some changes introduced with IE10 that may impact the way you manage your Internet Explore Policies. As the TechNet article " Replacements for Internet Explorer Maintenance " states that: "By...

In this blog post, we just want to share quickly, what you will get in the IE10 Blocker Toolkit. There are a few notes we want to highlight that we hope clarify the right process for IT admins using the Toolkit. The IE10 Blocker Toolkit applies to...

Hi Everyone, In this blog post, I’d like to share some of the changes regarding behaviors in Windows Internet Explorer 10. Behaviors is a great way to enhance a DOM Element’s capabilities. However this technology, unique to Internet...

In this quick tutorial, we want to show you how to use Fiddler’s Autoreponder to replay a previously captured or generated fiddler trace when trying to isolate html code performance or page errors. The Fiddler AutoResponder is an excellent way to...

Hi everybody! As promised, here’s a blog post detailing how to make use of the Internet Component Download feature and a working example on how to benefit from its advantages together with the ActiveX Installer Service. The most common way...

In this quick blog post I will provide you with steps on how to implement the Cascading Style Sheet Touch Zooming property to disable Double-tap-zoom functionality on your html page. SCENARIO: A new Windows 8 Touch Capable device is deployed...

Hi everybody! In this Blog you will find instructions on how to locally enable, configure and troubleshoot the AXiS service. The ActiveX Installer Service (AXIS) was first introduced in Windows Vista and currently available in Widows 7 and Windows...

Hi Everybody! In this blog post we are assuming you have deployed Internet Explorer as a Desktop or Published Application in your environment and encounter some abnormalities. Some of the abnormalities may include the following configuration and...

Hi Everybody! In this blog I would like to share a method and tools used to help determine what the CLSID of an ActiveX Control that may generate a warning when using the security-option “Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins” with “Administrator...

Hello Everyone! This is Vinod from the IE team and I would like to share an informative concept about the IE Enhanced security feature which I discovered. Scenario: User of a Terminal Server, still getting a Warning even after the administrator...

The brndlog.txt file shows how Internet Explorer was branded during user logon. The Brndlog.txt is the log file generated by the IE client-side extension iedkcs32.dll . This file contains branding information from IE Maintenance Policies and will be the...

Hi Everybody! I would like to share information that was clarified through a case I worked. Recently the platforms team changed their support stance on the customization of the Default User Profile due to shell related problems with unexpected registry...

To configure Internet Explorer security zones sites using group policy, we have two options: Internet Explorer Maintenance policy Windows 8 with Internet Explorer 10 deprecates IEM in favor of a more robust tool called Group Policy Preferences...

In this post, I like to share a scenario that you may find when trying to open a procmon pml file that was captured on a 32bit operating system and trying to open it from a 64bit client machine. If you find your self asking someone to gather some process...

Hello everyone! In this blog we like to share some information about the IE Support Diagnostic Platform ( SDP ) utility used by our Support teams. The SDP is simply a manifest to be use by the Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool and designed for specific...

Hi everyone! Gary Ranne here from the IE Team with a quick tip on how to use Fiddler to identify codebase objects on a webpage. With the inception of the ActiveX installer service it is even more important to be aware of the location that ActiveX...

As they become more familiar with the benefits and gains to be realized by working in the cloud, administrators are investigating various methods to centralize user data. Benefits By centralizing data, users will reap the obvious rewards of having...

Hello everyone! Many enterprise administrators will want to control how and when IE9 is deployed to their organization through Automatic Updates to give them an opportunity to test their applications for compatibility. In this post, we cover answers...

Hi everyone! Axel Rivera with another blog that provides a step by step instructions on how to load the IE9 Blocker Administrative Template provided with the IE 9 Toolkit that enables IE Administrators disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer...

Hi everyone! We’re seeing another emerging issue around Internet Explorer that we wanted to make you aware of… If you are seeing slow performance within Internet Explorer 8 (opening new tabs, for example), after just recently installing the latest...

Hi everyone! IE Support is seeing a huge influx of issues with weird IE behaviors and failures coming in over the last two days. We are seeing IE crashes, IE simply unloading from memory, and even script errors on web application that have been working...

Just in! A cumulative release is now available for the vulnerability outlined in KB972890 . Details and downloads can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-032.mspx If you have any questions regarding what do...

Hi everyone! Axel here from the IE Team with a quick Group Policy ADM template to help implement workaround described in security advisory 973472 . I am also including the .reg file and .adm templates for both x86 and x64 versions. Please note:...

Hi everyone! Veena here to discuss an issue that might affect developers using Visual Studio 2005 to perform client side script debugging.   After you install Internet Explorer 8, you may no longer be able to perform client side script debugging...