temporary internet files

[Alan Auld]

Is there a group policy object that restricts the size of the Temporary
Internet Files? In IE, the default is 20%. If you have a an 80GB drive,
that directory can grow substantially. Multiply that with a bunch of users
who log in with their own profile and you have a bunch of temp files. Sure,
you can go in and reduce the size of the directory, but you have to do it
for every user.

Alan

 

[Chriss3 [MVP]]

How to limit or change the amount of disk space used for Temporary Internet
Files at user basis and machine basis in a Group Policy
http://www.chrisse.se/MAQB.asp?ID=18

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Regards
Christoffer Andersson
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup

 

[Ken B]

Here's one for ya'll.... When I follow the directions on this, I get so far
as right clicking, selecting Preference Mode. All's good 'til there. After
that, I go to double click on the Corporate Settings (pointed to
c:\winnt\inf\inetcorp.adm). The Group Policy editor closes out after that,
and I never get the window as described on Chrisse's website. Same thing
happens if I double click for "Internet Settings". Weird. Both files are
dated 7/24/02 08:00A. It happens on any of the dc's I have here--Windows
2000, sp4.

Any ideas? The only thing mentioned in the event log (Application) is:
"The application, mmc.exe, generated an application error. The error
occurred on 09/27/2004 @ 16:51:54.618. The exception generated was c0000005
at address 02E4FD8 (<nosymbols>)" with event ID 4097.

TIA

Ken

 

[Darren Mar-Elia]

Ken-
Inetcorp.adm is a big pile of doggie doo. That template hasn't been updated
in a while and it flat out doesn't work on newer versions of IE (newer than
IE5). I played around with it a while back and posted the results on this
newsgroup. Its just a mess. If you're running IE 6, the process of changing
the size of the TIF area involves tweaking multiple registry values, so I
suspect they changed the behavior at some point and just gave up on the ADM
file. I would love for someone from MS to pipe up here and let me know if
I've missed something, but I haven't found any newer way of doing this
correctly.

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Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
Check out http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group Policy-related

 

[Ken B]

Hey Darren-

Thanks for posting back--very useful info to have, as 80% of my clients are
on IE6 at this point... no need to go trying to configure something that
will never work

Maybe MS might come up w/ a better ADM file to control IE... who knows

Thanks again

Ken

 

[jraper]

Hi all,

Try this MS KB article. I had the EXACT same problem, and this fixed
it...

http://tinyurl.com/qke4n

You have to get a hotfix from M$, but it worked immediately!

Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE

*Hey Darren-

Thanks for posting back--very useful info to have, as 80% of my
clients are
on IE6 at this point... no need to go trying to configure something
that
will never work

Maybe MS might come up w/ a better ADM file to control IE... who
knows

Thanks again

Ken



message

Ken-
Inetcorp.adm is a big pile of doggie doo. That template hasn't been
updated
in a while and it flat out doesn't work on newer versions of IE (newer
than
IE5). I played around with it a while back and posted the results on this
newsgroup. Its just a mess. If you're running IE 6, the process of changing
the size of the TIF area involves tweaking multiple registry values, so I
suspect they changed the behavior at some point and just gave up on the
ADM
file. I would love for someone from MS to pipe up here and let me know if
I've missed something, but I haven't found any newer way of doing this
correctly.

--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
Check out http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information
Hub:
FAQs, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group Policy-related



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