There are considerable changes that could cause many headaches. Most administrators would prefer to decide when IE 7 is deployed on their network.
This is why microsoft has released the IE 7 blocking tool. It can be downloaded from here at Microsoft's website.
Once you download and extract the package you will see that it is a command line tool. You simply call the script with the computer name and /b
Alternatively you can simply create a registry key that will block the install. It is located under this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\7.0
The key name is: DoNotAllowIE70
Setting this to 1 blocks the install, setting to 0 allows the install.
I for one hate messing around in the registry, and sometimes I don't want to use the command line - I want a nice GUI interface to make these types of changes. That is why we have created two more free tools to make the changes for you.
For changing the setting on remote machines:
You can download it here
And, finally if you need to just do it on your local system this will do the trick:
You can download it here
As always our tools have no spyware, no adware, and the programs can be run from a USB memory stick with no install!
Posted By: Steve Wiseman on Tuesday, October 10, 2006
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