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Enable Delete history and Delete all buttons in IE
Hey all,
My company computer was recently reimaged (it was running XP SP2). I am part of the Administrator group. It is now running XP SP3 with IE7. In IE, Tools -- the Delete history and Delete all buttons are grayed out. In the Group Policy Editor, I navigate to User Configuration -- Administrative Templates -- Windows Components -- Internet Explorer and there is no Delete Browsing History key. An internet (Google) search did not provide a solution. Similar questions have been asked going back years but all solutions refer to the group policy edit above. How can I enable these buttons or manually delete the browsing history ? Thank you for your time. Cheers, MB |
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Enable Delete history and Delete all buttons in IE
"MerseyBeat" wrote in message ... Hey all, My company computer was recently reimaged (it was running XP SP2). I am part of the Administrator group. It is now running XP SP3 with IE7. In IE, Tools -- the Delete history and Delete all buttons are grayed out. In the Group Policy Editor, I navigate to User Configuration -- Administrative Templates -- Windows Components -- Internet Explorer and there is no Delete Browsing History key. An internet (Google) search did not provide a solution. Similar questions have been asked going back years but all solutions refer to the group policy edit above. How can I enable these buttons or manually delete the browsing history ? Sounds like your company decided to implement a group policy on their company computer to prevent deleting the IE history (likely a Domain policy, if using Windows Domains or Active Directory since that would take precedence over local policies). Could be that someone was using the company computer to do things they shouldn't have been doing on company time... -- Zaphod Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, ya know? - Gag Halfrunt |
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Enable Delete history and Delete all buttons in IE
On 12/08/2011 13:17, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
"MerseyBeat" wrote in message ... Hey all, My company computer was recently reimaged (it was running XP SP2). I am part of the Administrator group. It is now running XP SP3 with IE7. In IE, Tools -- the Delete history and Delete all buttons are grayed out. In the Group Policy Editor, I navigate to User Configuration -- Administrative Templates -- Windows Components -- Internet Explorer and there is no Delete Browsing History key. An internet (Google) search did not provide a solution. Similar questions have been asked going back years but all solutions refer to the group policy edit above. How can I enable these buttons or manually delete the browsing history ? Sounds like your company decided to implement a group policy on their company computer to prevent deleting the IE history (likely a Domain policy, if using Windows Domains or Active Directory since that would take precedence over local policies). Could be that someone was using the company computer to do things they shouldn't have been doing on company time... My thoughts exactly - a domain policy which will override any local settings, even those of the local machine administrator. I would expect a policy like that to also have other restrictions, otherwise users could easily just use a portable browser. -- Rob |
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Enable Delete history and Delete all buttons in IE
"Rob" wrote in message ... On 12/08/2011 13:17, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: "MerseyBeat" wrote in message ... Hey all, My company computer was recently reimaged (it was running XP SP2). I am part of the Administrator group. It is now running XP SP3 with IE7. In IE, Tools -- the Delete history and Delete all buttons are grayed out. In the Group Policy Editor, I navigate to User Configuration -- Administrative Templates -- Windows Components -- Internet Explorer and there is no Delete Browsing History key. An internet (Google) search did not provide a solution. Similar questions have been asked going back years but all solutions refer to the group policy edit above. How can I enable these buttons or manually delete the browsing history ? Sounds like your company decided to implement a group policy on their company computer to prevent deleting the IE history (likely a Domain policy, if using Windows Domains or Active Directory since that would take precedence over local policies). Could be that someone was using the company computer to do things they shouldn't have been doing on company time... My thoughts exactly - a domain policy which will override any local settings, even those of the local machine administrator. I would expect a policy like that to also have other restrictions, otherwise users could easily just use a portable browser. Indeed. Will be interesting to see if the OP responds with anything else... Another thought I had is that many/most group policies can be set directly via the registry and don't show in the group policy editor when implemented that way. Allows for scripting of an OS image creation process, but the side effect of not showing in the group policy editor can be annoying and requires a different approach to verifying the OS image is correctly configured. -- Zaphod Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world. Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the universe gets that. |
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Enable Delete history and Delete all buttons in IE
Zaphod and Rob,
Thank you for replying. I didn't think about domain policy. I posted because I found it odd when the policy was in effect even when the tablet was removed from the network. Obviously, removed from the network and removed from the domain are not the same. There are a few hundred users on the domain so it would be safe to assume that someone would visit questionable websites. Honestly, my "problem" is trivial at best. Nonetheless, I appreciate you forcing my recall of domain policy vs. local policy. Cheers, MB "Zaphod Beeblebrox" wrote in message ... "Rob" wrote in message ... On 12/08/2011 13:17, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: "MerseyBeat" wrote in message ... Hey all, My company computer was recently reimaged (it was running XP SP2). I am part of the Administrator group. It is now running XP SP3 with IE7. In IE, Tools -- the Delete history and Delete all buttons are grayed out. In the Group Policy Editor, I navigate to User Configuration -- Administrative Templates -- Windows Components -- Internet Explorer and there is no Delete Browsing History key. An internet (Google) search did not provide a solution. Similar questions have been asked going back years but all solutions refer to the group policy edit above. How can I enable these buttons or manually delete the browsing history ? Sounds like your company decided to implement a group policy on their company computer to prevent deleting the IE history (likely a Domain policy, if using Windows Domains or Active Directory since that would take precedence over local policies). Could be that someone was using the company computer to do things they shouldn't have been doing on company time... My thoughts exactly - a domain policy which will override any local settings, even those of the local machine administrator. I would expect a policy like that to also have other restrictions, otherwise users could easily just use a portable browser. Indeed. Will be interesting to see if the OP responds with anything else... Another thought I had is that many/most group policies can be set directly via the registry and don't show in the group policy editor when implemented that way. Allows for scripting of an OS image creation process, but the side effect of not showing in the group policy editor can be annoying and requires a different approach to verifying the OS image is correctly configured. -- Zaphod Arthur: All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world. Slartibartfast: No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the universe gets that. |
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