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Restrictions about URLs in Internet Explorer Disabled.

This setting enables you to control the running of scripts during website page display.

Tweak for : Windows 2003

Description:

Some websites force you to open a hidden popup tracking minimized window on different timings of your surfing like your first visit or on your leaving the website or on closing your browser, while one of their web pages is still displayed. This option puts all about: URLs into the restricted sites zone so that scripts cannot be run.

To Restrict about: URLs go on this protocol defaults folder using these steps:

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below after creating the subkey "ProtocolDefaults", if it does not exist. Create the DWORD value name “about:”, if it does not exist. Right-click it and modify with the data value “4” to enable the setting.

Click “OK” and close the registry editor.

Restart the system or logoff to see the changes taking effect.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

internet

Data Type :

Key

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\internet\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

about

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

about : internet URL is unblocked.

about : internet URL is blocked by default due to security restrictions

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Second, got to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\] and create a new key as 'internet'.

Third create a DWORD value 'about' under the key 'internet'.

Next, right click on the DWORD value 'about' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '2' and click 'OK'.