Questions tagged [internet-explorer]
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995.
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Is there a reason to upgrade Internet Explorer on Windows Server?
I never use Internet Explorer on my Windows Servers. Is there any reason I should upgrade Internet Explorer (version 6 or 7 to 7 or 8)?
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IE11: How to check into which zone a URL falls?
I have applied several internet explorer settings via group policy. Especially a long list of URLs in the "site to zone assignment" setting. However it seems that one URL still falls into the "...
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How to set the Internet Explorer Home Page via GPO?
I need to set the default home page for the entire domain via GPO. Where is the IE Home Page Policy located?
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Why is Internet Explorer 11 unable to connect to HTTPS sites when TLS 1.2 is enabled?
Normally I don't use Internet Explorer at all. I use it only in design time for interface tests (development machine and with unencrypted http). Every week I run the SSL Labs server test which says ...
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Prevent IE10 from creating WebCache through Group Policy
IE10 implemented the WebCache which appears to be the new way of doing Temporary Internet Files.
The location of this is C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache
In my situation we have a ...
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How can I convince my IT manager to upgrade the enterprise from IE6 to a newer browser?
We've already rolled out Windows XP SP2 (no hope of going to Vista or Windows 7 in the foreseeable future unfortunately) across the enterprise and our latest internal roll-out actually incorporates ...
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Disabling IE add-ons and toolbars with Group Policy?
I'd love to have the peace of mind of knowing that none of my desktops have toolbars, "browser helpers" or any other crap like that running.
Has anybody done this successfully with Group Policy?
I ...
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Stopping Microsoft Office 2010 from integrating with Subversion server as if it's Sharepoint
We have an Apache Subversion server that we store (amongst other things) all of our documentation on. We have a lot of Word, Excel, PDF etc. documents in svn, and all of our users use TortoiseSVN as ...
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Internet Explorer 9 & 10 Group Policy Preferences missing
I have a single Domain Controller network (Windows Server 2008 R2, running on the 2003 Forest/domain level), with the clients currently migrating from WinXP Pro to Win7 Pro.
I Need to control the ...
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How can I restrict the java plugin to run only on certain sites in Internet Explorer?
I want to secure our centrally managed computers better and it is very difficult to automatically deploy the java runtime, but how to do that is another question.
I find the security of Java ...
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Can I deny "Internet Explorer" via GPO and use Google Chrome as a default and the only Browser?
Can I deny "Internet Explorer" via GPO and use Google Chrome as a default and the only Browser?
I wonder as Internet Explorer is a part of an Windows operating system, if it's possible to deny it.
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Using Internet Explorer to invoke PHP/CURL for long running data API causes Apache 2 server to freeze and require restart
I'm running a PHP program that works fine as long as it's not invoked by a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, after which it spawns the below processes, locks up Apache 2 and requires a restart ...
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Internet Explorer cannot display page from apache with single SSL virtual host
I have a question that has come up somehow in different questions but I still can't find the solution, yet.
My problem is that I'm hosting a site on apache 2.4 on debian with SSL and Internet ...
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Internet Explorer isn't auto-discovering http://wpad/wpad.dat auto-config
I am being driven to frustration by this problem.
I have set up a file called wpad.dat (essentially, a proxy.pac file renamed) and put it on an internal web site. I've set up DNS entries so host name ...
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Why is site serving different SSL certs to different browsers? [closed]
The SSL certificate on menswearireland.com and on www.menswearireland.com works fine on Safari, Chrome, SeaMonkey, K-Meleon, QtWeb, Firefox, and Opera. However, Internet Explorer claims that there is ...
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Is there a way to turn off client browser caching for specific websites?
This is a browser agnostic question but we're testing with IE9.
One of the web apps our users visit is being randomly cached and changes aren't showing up when they should. No other site has this ...
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How do I set default internet zone level with Group policy?
I have been trying for a while to get this done with no success. It looks like my group policy settings are being applied when I run the group policy results wizard.
Here is what I am doing to set ...
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Enable downloads and disable IE ESC on Windows Server 2008 (and R2)?
How can I enable downloads for Windows Server 2008? By default when I try to download something with internet explorer the download is blocked.
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Force IE 11 compatibility mode for certain sites within domain
When setting compatibility mode in IE 11 it wants to add our whole domain (somedomain.co.uk) but we don't want every site (*.somedomain.co.uk) to be covered by this. We want just sharepoint.somedomain....
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Acrobat Reader XI addon gets disabled periodically in Internet Explorer within Windows domain
We have a followig problem that happens on new workstations with Windows 7 x64 and Acrobat Reader XI only.
Every few days the following key is automatically added to registry:
HKCU\Software\...
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Is it still necessary to turn off SSL keepalive, etc. in Apache for all MSIE?
Apache's default configuration includes something like this in ssl.conf:
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*"
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
Do newer IE still ...
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Group policy to check/uncheck "require HTTPS" in Internet Explorer 11 trusted sites list?
When adding a list of trusted sites to Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 7 Professional SP1, there is a checkbox called "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone".
Is there a way ...
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How can I eliminate the "Several add-ons are ready for use" prompt in Internet Explorer?
The issue I describe here is the same as that in Group Policy Internet Explorer, Add-on list not working, but I provide more detail and troubleshooting steps, so I thought it was worth re-asking.
I ...
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How to browse safely from a public internet computer?
I was reading this question when I thought: Some emergencies requires that you log on in e-mail or another sensitive sites in public internet computers. Remember that points:
You cannot install ...
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What URLs must be in IE's Trusted Sites list to allow Windows Update?
Particularly for servers in which IE Enhanced Security Configuration is enabled, you need to have all the Windows Update/Microsoft Update URLs in your "Trusted Sites" list in order to use the site.
(...
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Why does IE think that my certificate is invalid?
I have my chained certificate from Dreamhost set up and working for all browsers. I have 2 sites with 2 certs from dreamhost, example.com and sub.example.com.
All browsers are fine with the certs on ...
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What happens when a browser does not support SNI
A seemingly simple question, but valid nonetheless.
What exactly happens when a browser which does not support SNI attempts to visit a site configured to force SSL via SNI.
Thanks
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Renewing SBS2011 Exchange Self-Signed Certificate w/o changing home page in IE?
On a previous server when we used the built in SBS wizard to renew the certificate it worked, however it reset all of the computers on the domain's IE home page to companyweb.
Is there a way to do ...
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IE8 vs Firefox 4 with regards to central management and updating
For an organization still using XP, and that plans to continue using XP for at least another year, do you think it would be better to switch to Firefox 4 or continue to use IE8? Is Firefox ...
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How do I install Internet Explorer on Windows Server 1803 (semi annual release)?
The Windows Server 1803 has a very limited set of tools by default. One of the limitations is no pre-installed Internet Explorer. Is there a way to install it somehow on that system? I tried to ...
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How do I add a URL with a Windows Group Policy into a client's "Local Intranet Zone"?
I'm trying to add a specific web server URL into the local Intranet Zone on my client PCs using a Group Policy. Any ideas what policy to apply?
I can do it via the Internet Explorer Internet Options.....
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Why is SiteToZoneAssignment GPO applying, but sites not appearing in IE
We have a Windows server 2012 R2 remote desktop farm, which we have applied a GPO to, to control site to zone assignments.
This was working fine up until recently, but just lately, we have found that ...
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Can't disable Enhanced Security Configuration after upgrading to IE9
I disabled ESC in Server Manager on 2008 R2, originally just for Administrators but have tried to disable it for users and Administrators to try and solve this problem. Despite it being completely ...
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Downgrade IE11 on Windows 2012 Server R2
I have setup a test environment with Windows 2012 Server R2 Std, using RDS/RemoteFX. Anyways, the server is running fine but I need to use IE 10 and not IE 11 on the server itself. I have a web ...
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Opening RDP Files with browser
In my organization, we are planning to make RDP files available via web browser. The hope is that users can just point their browsers to one or the other RDP file and have the remote desktop client ...
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Cannot get IIS7 to send cookies to IE
I have a web application that I have created that uses the basic asp.net authentication. The authentication systems are working fine code-wise, however I cannot get IIS7 to send the cookies to IE web ...
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How to disable autocomplete for passwords in IE8 via GPO?
In IE6 there was a registry key hidden away that would allow you to enable autocomplete but only for usernames, not passwords.
This key no longer has any effect in IE8. I can either enable or disable ...
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How do you stop Internet Explorer from tracking history of files opened up in OTHER applications?
I do want Internet Explorer to maintain a history for websites I visit (e.g. to enhance performance with caching and provide quick access back to places I've recently visited)
However I have never, ...
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WMI filter for Internet Explorer 10+
I need to apply a GPO on all machines with IE 10+ but the setting does not need to be and shouldn't be applied to ie 9. All the machines are Windows Vista, 7, and 8 (some 32 bit and others 64).
I ...
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What excuses are IT managers/directors using to defer upgrading from Internet Explorer 6?
Why are so many medium to large enterprises still using Internet Explorer 6? Is there some secret ultra valuable feature or cost reason that has extended its life? What are the most common excuses you ...
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How to test IIS Compression?
I was reading the following article on how IIS compression makes the website run faster.
I have configured the IIS 6.0 in compression mode as per:http://www.wwwcoder.com/main/parentid/170/site/3669/68/...
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Are "unexportable" certificates a real security measure or just security theater?
Recently I was working on recovering data from dead (bricked PSU) Windows XP machine, which included some client certificates installed into IE 6. I plugged in a temporary PSU and tried to export the ...
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Internet explorer - SID S-1-5-5-0-348885
While running in the protected mode, I noticed the Internet Explorer has permission for internet SID S-1-5-5-0-348885. Which user this SID maps to?
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Keep-Alive and Timeout Behaviours between different browsers on Windows
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Why does chrome send out keep-alive's while IE and FF don't?
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Initially, I thought this was a server-side issue.
I've got an apache server that's a frontend proxy for a ...
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Microsoft Browser Choice in a corporate environment
It seems that Microsoft has enabled their Browser Choice system for EU customers today, several news outlets are reporting end users seeing the message and there are screenshots coming through on ...
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NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID in Chrome but not in IE
I just used our internal Windows-CA to create a certificate for our internal server "hdl-diamant".
When calling the website using "https://hdl-diamant", I do get "...
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Internet Explorer (IE) takes over entire screen on server 2012
I have a few Windows 2012 servers that I've been tasked with setting up for my developers.
We interact with the servers using RDP.
One of the servers is behaving *very* strangely. If I start ...
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Disable address bar in Internet Explorer 9
I'm trying to disable the address bar in IE9. I've done a significant amount of searching on this and just can't seem to find a way to make it happen. A lot of web resources discuss how to do it in ...
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Mutual SSL authentication and requirements for certificates
For our internal tests I need to set up the mutual SSL authentication between our IIS server (it hosts two applications: ASP.NET web GUI and a web service) and clients (accessing the server in two ...
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IE8 HTTPs Download Issue
I have a problem with a system I develop related to IE8 downloading over SSL (ie on sites using https://...) and is described on this MS kb article.
We use the HTTPCacheability.NoCache option as the ...