If you’ve ever tried to use Internet Explorer with Enhanced Security Configuration enabled you know what a pain it is. You spend more time clicking on security pop-ups than you do browsing the internet. In a production environment it’s not a big deal because I spend zero time browsing the internet from the console of a server – besides it’s a security best practice not too. However this week I spent some time in our lab trying to figure out a couple of things and needed internet access from my server. In Windows 2003 you simply went into Add / Remove programs and removed Internet Explorer Enhanced Configuration as a component. This is no longer the case in Server 2008 R2. To disable IE ESC on a Windows 2008 R2 machine follow these steps:
• Launch Server Manager
• On the main page click on Configure IE ESC (Bottom right-hand corner)
• Turn this functionality off for the required user group
