Configure Internet Explorer (Essay Sample)

Lab 8
Configure Internet Explorer
This lab contains the following exercises and activities:
Exercise 8.1

Configuring Internet Explorer

Exercise 8.2

Testing Internet Explorer Policies

Lab Challenge

Suppressing Compatibility Warnings



Exercise 8.1

Configuring Internet Explorer

Overview

In this exercise, you will configure Internet Explorer using Group Policy.

Mindset

As an administrator, you need to ensure that Internet Explorer is configured based on the policy of your organization. To configure IE for the entire organization, you can use Group Policy.

Completion time

20 minutes

Question 1

Why is it necessary to disable the Turn on Internet Explorer Standards Mode for Local Intranet policy?
This will prevent users from modifying internet explorer. To add on internet explorer will use the internet explorer 7 user agent String for the local intranet content if this setting is not disabled

Question 2

Why, in this case, is it necessary to enable both the Prevent deleting web sites that the user has visited policy and the Turn off InPrivate Browsing policy?
This makes sure that users cannot delete their browsing history nor can they browse in private.

Question 3

Why isn’t it necessary to enable the Turn off InPrivate Filtering as well?
The in private browsing was disabled thus it is not necessary to enable in Private Filtering.

17.Take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management console displaying all of the policy settings you configured in this exercise by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 8 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Exercise 8.2

Testing Internet Explorer Policies

Overview

In this exercise, you will confirm the Internet Explorer settings that are configured with a GPO are deployed to a client computer.

Mindset

When troubleshooting problems, you will need to ensure that settings that you configure with a GPO are actually deployed to the clients.

Completion time

20 minutes

23.Take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management console showing the Internet Explorer policy settings displayed with the Group Policy Results by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste the resulting image into the Lab 8 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
Question 4

If you have confirmed GPO settings are configured correctly, and the GPO is assigned to the correct container, which command can be used to ensure...