Disable Internet Explorer 11 installation in Group Policy (GPO)

Started by Adventech, December 03, 2013, 01:02:45 PM

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PROBLEM:
Disable Internet Explorer 11 Auto Install (IE 11, IE11).
Disable Internet Explorer 11 installation in Group Policy (GPO).

SOLUTION:
1.) Download the IE 11 Blocker Toolkit.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40722

2.) Open the .exe and save the files.

3.) Add to your group policy template:

Now go to group policy management and create a new policy and edit it or edit an existing policy.
Go to Computer configuration>polices, right click on "Administrative Templates" and click add/remove templates
click "Add..." and go to the folder you put the files and choose the "IE11_Blocker.adm"

4.) Block or Unblock IE 11.

Open Administrative Templates>Classic Administrative Templates> Windows Components>Windows Update>Automatic Updates blocker v3

Then select "Do not allow delivery of internet explorer 10 through automatic updates" edit the policy settings to either enable (to block) or disable (to allow).
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