Windows 2008/2003 IE7 nagging “Your current security settings put your computer at risk ” message

I recently installed Windows 2008 server on my laptop . Fully excited to learn the new features I logged in to the machine and started to browse the net with Internet explorer. Then I noticed a nagging “Your current security settings put your computer at risk ” message below the IE address bar. it was so irritating that i stopped browsing with Win2008 server. Another problem I faced is that the IE was displaying  ”Security Settings at risk ” page on IE startup than my predefined homepage ion IE options. I dont understand why microsoft wants to irritate people like this. WHo ever using Windows 2008 server will have a minimum amount of knowledge about security and its only required show them a warning once. Why are they showing this idiotic message everytime ?? And they dont have a button/link to disable this feature which makes us hate the OS/IE the very first time.  

Image of Security settigns at risk page:

 

 

After cursing the the MS team. I found a way to disable these irritating  features.

The steps are  as follows:

Start -> Run – Gpedit.msc (MS group policy editor)
Navigate to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Security Features -> Information Bar.

Change “All processes” to “Disable”.

Now go to Start – Run – regedit
Navigate to HKLM -> Software -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main 

 

 

Change the “Security Risk Page” to your home page link.

 

4 comments so far

  1. Oskar on

    You can get the same results with using gpedit.msc as state above, but navigating to
    Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer;
    Then changing the setting “Turn off the Security Settings Check feature” to “Enabled”

  2. Kim on

    THANK YOU! I actually went back to XP because of this.

    Kim

  3. Shafi on

    I had the same problem too with windows 2008 server. Spent lot of time uninstalling, installing sharepoint server and IE just refused to run my own god damn created new site. Finally gave up and installed Mozilla FireFox, it works like a charm. Microsoft is going back to stone age in the browser competition.


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