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Prevent File Deletion
Name: Mark Whittington Date: September 7, 2002 at 07:23:24 Pacific OS: Win 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: PIII 800 - 256mb
Comment:
I would like as the Administrator of my p.c to prevent users from deleting the History file of Internet Explorer. Can anyone help me please??
Name: Curt R Date: September 7, 2002 at 07:27:33 Pacific
Reply:
Look into the Local Security Policy. If I'm not mistaken, there's a spot in there regarding IE and you might be able to prevent other users from deleting the history in there.
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Response Number 2
Name: CleoTechtra Date: September 7, 2002 at 07:39:44 Pacific
Reply:
Open the Local Computer Policy Managemnt Console and ENABLE the following policy:
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel\Disable Changing History Settings
If you want to use the Registry Editor to further lock down your PC, goto http://www.winguides.com and type in HISTORY or IE RESTRICTIONS in their search bar and look around. There are registry settings that you can use to disable deletion of History. We just used these tricks on Friday to lock down some computers :)
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Response Number 4
Name: CleoTechtra Date: September 7, 2002 at 23:36:38 Pacific
Reply:
Jinx, in W2K the mmc IS the registry. It's just a GUI that makes it easier to find the values you need
cleo
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Response Number 5
Name: mark Date: September 12, 2002 at 12:26:59 Pacific
Reply:
thanks for your help, I cannot find what I am looking for. Any chance of a step-by-step guide for a p.c novice??
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