it happens all the time, I spin up a vm with windows server and I can't access the internet because of IE security. Does anyone have a straight-forward PowerShell script for disabling IE security?
function Disable-InternetExplorerESC {
$AdminKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
$UserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0
Stop-Process -Name Explorer
Write-Host "IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
}
function Enable-InternetExplorerESC {
$AdminKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
$UserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 1
Stop-Process -Name Explorer
Write-Host "IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been enabled." -ForegroundColor Green
}
function Disable-UserAccessControl {
Set-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" -Name "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" -Value 00000000
Write-Host "User Access Control (UAC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green
}
drop this into a .ps1 file
then at the prompt type a period, a space and the path to the file something like this:
[PS 1] . C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\YourPowerShellScript.ps1
Then you can call the command at the prompt:
[PS 1] Disable-InternetExplorerESC