JSI Tip 3811. How do I prevent users from changing the Internet Explorer 'Home page', Settings, History, and/or Advanced options?

In tip 3810, we prevented users from changing any of the Internet Options.

You can use the registry to prevent users from changing any option on the Advanced tab, and/or from changing the Home page, or from using any  Settings or History controls.

To enable these restrictions, set the data value of the appropriate value name, to 1, at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel.

NOTE: If the Control Panel and/or the Internet Explorer keys are not present, Add Key.

Value Name	Type	D e s c r i p t i o n
Advanced	REG_DWORD	Disable the Advanced tab check boxes.
Cache	REG_DWORD	Disable the Settings button.
History	REG_DWORD	Disable the History area controls.
HomePage	REG_DWORD	Disable the Home page area controls.