IE8 Group Policy

IE8 Group Policy : EasyCoded

IE8 Group Policy : EasyCoded — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:40:40 GMT

PingBack from http://www.easycoded.com/ie8-group-policy/

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Elias Sørensen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:25:32 GMT

Interesting! Thanks for this wonderful blog, Microsoft! :o)

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so glad — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:45:41 GMT

So glad that I will never work in an environment that locks down PCs with crud like this.

So glad!

I can and will install any browser I want, thus get the best browsing experience.

Install whatever text editor I want, email client, RSS feed agregator, etc.

Most offices these days that do have an IT Admin have the option to "sign out" of this kind of mess.

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Eden — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:01:59 GMT

@glad

Maybe you are so smart... Or maybe you haven't worked at any big companies, where there are people other than developers.

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so glad — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:57:08 GMT

@Eden: I've worked at companies big and small, as a developer, and as many other roles.

If my PC is ever locked down, I will serve my 2 weeks notice that day.

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John — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:11:38 GMT

For God's sake, make the Ctrl+S shortcut work again, like in every sane applications out there!

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Yaroukh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:01:51 GMT

make the world a favour and drop this crappy browser

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Wraith Daquell — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:32:05 GMT

I am not sure why people have to complain so much.

Personally, I'm happy to see these *corporate* improvements for organizations. I work in an IT environment with thousands of computers, and it would be insane *not* to have such lockdown support. If people are picky, they should go back to selling lemonade from their driveway.

IE8 Group Policy

New Zealand IE8 Taskforce — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:31:01 GMT

Hi All, For those of you who might be new to Group Policy, here is a quick background. Let’s first assume

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ITAdmin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:17:06 GMT

"I can and will install any browser I want, thus get the best browsing experience.

Install whatever text editor I want, email client, RSS feed agregator, etc."

... and be responsible for security risks associated with that software? After all, it is you who introduced the software to your company's network. I assume you would pay out of your own pocket for any incurred damages?

IE7

Bram — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:45:07 GMT

Microsoft, why do I need always so much 'rights' to do things... This starts with simply cutting and pasting text from/into IE7. That's ridicoulus....

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Gotta fix this — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:12:31 GMT

Browser is looking good so far, but you REALLY need to fix this one.

When you first open IE, the compatibility mode button is missing for just a moment. What happens is when you go to click on the dropdown menu, just enough time has passed to cause that button to appear, and the address bar dropdown jumps over a little and the compatibility button takes it's place. Because of the timing, you end up clicking on the compat-button and changing the page, which means you have to click it again to change it back before you can actually go where you need to go.

Anyways, keep up the good work.

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dave — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:49:43 GMT

@ITAdmin uh, yeah, sure... not.

The way it works in most offices is that you do one of the following.

1.) Ask to install application x/y.

(e.g. users ask to install Firefox or Chrome to better their browsing power/experience)

2.) Ask to get "admin" on your laptop/workstation. This usually requires sign off (physically) that you are taking on the "tech support" role by doing so, and/or that if you need tech support, you are at the bottom of the queue.

I've got nothing against having some company policies in place... "e.g. no installing Bonzi Buddy, etc." but locking down a users system is usually more pain than it is worth.

I worked at a place that locked out the "Task Manager"... so I couldn't kill an application that hung. (read: abuse of IT administration)

I asked for this to be unlocked or the ability to do this for a specific app (that would hang 2-3 times a week)

IT administration turned down my request, I raised it to management, they sided with IT.

I think they regretted it though. 5 people from a 6 person department walked off the job that day.

dave

offtopic: uninstall ie8

x-bel — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:36:38 GMT

Hi. Sorry for the offtop..

My problem is, I cannot uninstall IE8 beta 1, cuz i've installed SP1 (on VIsta) after IE8, so it is not listed as an update anymore. Any advice please?, apart from waiting for an automatic update utility..

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Wraith Daquell — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:51:54 GMT

@dave

Sounds like a bad experience, and I really do feel for you. It doesn't sound like a Microsoft problem, though... it sounds like a company problem. Microsoft provides the tools; companies use (or abuse) them.

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andrew — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:25:25 GMT

Sounds like a bad experience :)

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bill — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:48:26 GMT

After installing IE8 beta...my McAfee now has BLANK home screens and blank dialog box pop ups. McAfee says its a known IE 8 issue. How can I uninstall IE8beta...I dont see it in the control panel.

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pablo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:09:59 GMT

Woot! the bug hunt is on!

Someone has found a Fish Bicycle bug in (all versions of) Internet Explorer!

You can try to guess what it is over at Web Bug Track

http://webbugtrack.blogspot.com/2008/10/internet-explorer-first-to-need-fish.html

There's no prize to be won if you guess/find it but if anyone can please do I'm dying to know what this bug is.

pablo

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