Microsoft KB Archive/825684

= The &quot;Security Zones: Use Only Machine&quot; Group Policy Setting Does Not Apply to Privacy (Cookie) Settings =

Article ID: 825684

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:  Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

 Microsoft Windows XP Professional

 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition</li></ul>

 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0</li></ul> </li> Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 IA64</li> Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP</li> Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003</li></ul>

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SYMPTOMS
When an administrator uses the Security Zones: Use only machine Group Policy setting to force all users of the same computer to have the same Internet Explorer security zones settings, privacy (cookie) settings are not affected. That is, different privacy settings can still be set by each user.

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CAUSE
In Microsoft Internet Explorer and in Windows Internet Explorer, privacy (cookie) settings are not part of security zones.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Security Zones: Use only machine Group Policy setting is located under Computer Configuration, under Administrative Templates, under Windows Components, under Internet Explorer in Group Policy. An administrator can also set this policy by adding a Security_HKLM_only DWORD value to the following registry key and setting its value data to 1:

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

182569 Description of Internet Explorer Security Zones Registry Entries

For more information about privacy in Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/security/privacy/overview/privacyIE6.asp

For more information about security zones, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537019.aspx

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