Security Zones: Do not allow users to add/delete sites
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Policy overview

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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Internet Explorer
Supported on
At least Internet Explorer 5.0

Prevents users from adding or removing sites from security zones. A security zone is a group of Web sites with the same security level. If you enable this policy, the site management settings for security zones are disabled. (To see the site management settings for security zones, in the Internet Options dialog box, click the Security tab, and then click the Sites button.) If you disable this policy or do not configure it, users can add Web sites to or remove sites from the Trusted Sites and Restricted Sites zones, and alter settings for the Local Intranet zone. This policy prevents users from changing site management settings for security zones established by the administrator. Note: The "Disable the Security page" policy (located in \User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel), which removes the Security tab from the interface, takes precedence over this policy. If it is enabled, this policy is ignored. Also, see the "Security zones: Use only machine settings" policy.

Internal name
Security_zones_map_edit
Policy ID
b4fe37a1abfa
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Value name
Security_zones_map_edit
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Value name
Security_zones_map_edit
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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