Disable History Deletion

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Hi

Windows XP Pro SP1 with IE6.

I have a machine that is being used to view content of an undesirable
nature....I guess that depends on ones viewpoint! The user is an
administrator on the machine which is on a peer to peer network and is smart
enough to cover his tracks.

I'm hoping there is a setting somewhere either in the registry or via Group
Policy that I can set which will disable the ability of the user to delete
the viewing history.

Any help is appreciated.

TIA
KIWI
 
KIWI,
Yes you can apply a Registry restriction, however if the "user" has
Administrator privledges
then they can just "undo" the restriction .... if they know where to look.
[example]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
--
Log on as that user then create the above restriction = only affects that
user
This will "gray-out" (disable) the History section ......
The below affects *all* users .... (log on as Administrator)
These are also options via the Group Policy Editor ........
--
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
--
Check with the Boss ... it's a better idea to remove that user from the
"Administrators Group"
If you "really" need to catch this user, check your Firewall logs.
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Hi Mike

Thanks for you response.

The customer is using a Linksys router so I've downloaded a log viewer and
now have all activity logged. By doing this the user also has no idea that
anything has changed on the machine....I could imagine him panicking at not
being able to clear the history and doing even more damage.

Cheers
KIWI

Mike Burgess said:
KIWI,
Yes you can apply a Registry restriction, however if the "user" has
Administrator privledges
then they can just "undo" the restriction .... if they know where to look.
[example]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
--
Log on as that user then create the above restriction = only affects that
user
This will "gray-out" (disable) the History section ......
The below affects *all* users .... (log on as Administrator)
These are also options via the Group Policy Editor ........
--
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001
--
Check with the Boss ... it's a better idea to remove that user from the
"Administrators Group"
If you "really" need to catch this user, check your Firewall logs.
_______________________________________
Mike Burgess http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 9-26-03]
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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KIWI said:
Hi

Windows XP Pro SP1 with IE6.

I have a machine that is being used to view content of an undesirable
nature....I guess that depends on ones viewpoint! The user is an
administrator on the machine which is on a peer to peer network and is smart
enough to cover his tracks.

I'm hoping there is a setting somewhere either in the registry or via Group
Policy that I can set which will disable the ability of the user to delete
the viewing history.

Any help is appreciated.

TIA
KIWI
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Yes there is a setting for the History Button and Menu Item (History Bar)

Under the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor
er

Create a new DWORD value called "Btn_History" and give it a value of 2.

This will hide the History buttons and menus.

Under the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel

Create a new DWORD value called "History" and give it a value of 2.

This will disable the History panel on the General Tab of the Internet
Options control panel.
 
Hi, I stumbled upon this useful method. However is there a similar solution for internet explorer version 7 (I'm on XP with SP2)?

I too have a user on my machine who likes to cover their tracks. They don't seem to realise it's more suspicious to delete history than not to.

Thanks!

Edit: sorry I didn't realise how old this thread was, hope that's not a problem.
 
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