True, I have followed the same advice. But even more frustrating is that IE Maint. Configures _all_ settings, it's not possible to leave some settings unconfigured. I also looked into Group Policy Preferences (great tool btw.), but there is no option there for assigning sites to zones. Maybe I should script the sites-to-zone-assigning >-----Original Message----- >From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia >Sent: 20. november 2008 21:37 >To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [gptalk] Re: Site to Zone Assignment locks all zones > >Yes, unfortunately this behavior of IE Maintenance is irritating. What I >usually recommend is to only edit these IE Maint. Settings from a >pristine machine that has no other settings on it and is used >specifically for this purpose. That prevents the policy from "sucking >up" the settings that are in place on IE on your current profile. > > >Darren > >-----Original Message----- >From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Øyvind Sørbye >Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:56 AM >To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [gptalk] Re: Site to Zone Assignment locks all zones > >Hmm, Maintenance policy, i feared that :-) I have never properly >understood that part of Group Policies. When opening "Security Zones and >Content Ratings" it imports all IE-setting from my computer and presets >_all_ settings for my users. But I don't want to configure all settings >in all zones, I only wont to configure a few settings. Most of the >settings will I leave to the users to choose. Maintenance policy is in >some sense not a "true" policy, because you can't choose to _not_ >configure a value. Or is there a way to achieve this with Maintenance >policy? > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>On Behalf Of Darren Mar-Elia >>Sent: 20. november 2008 16:19 >>To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [gptalk] Re: Site to Zone Assignment locks all zones >> >>Øyvind- >>Welcome to the list! In order to do this non-exclusively, you need to >>use the Site mapping feature in IE Maintenance policy instead of the >>one in Admin Templates. The locking feature is expected behavior for >>this policy. >> >>Darren >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>On Behalf Of Øyvind Sørbye >>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:27 PM >>To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [gptalk] Site to Zone Assignment locks all zones >> >>Hi everybody! >> >>I am setting up policies for IE7, and I want to assign some websites to >>the Intranet Zone. I'm using the following Group Policy setting: >> >>User Configuration: >>-Administrative Templates >> -Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security >>Page/Internet Zone >> -Site to Zone Assignment List >> >>The websites are given the value of 1, and then they are added to the >>intranet zone on the client computers. So far, so good. But when I use >>this setting, _all_ zones in IE7 is locked down for the users. I want >>my users to be able to add sites to the Trusted Sites zone, but this >>"Site to Zone Assignment"-setting locks all zones. >> So my question is: Is it possible to assign some sites to the >>intranet zone, where the users still has the possibility to add their >>own sites to the "Trusted Sites"-zone? >> >> >>-- >>Øyvind Sørbye >> >> >>*********************** >>You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to >>gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR >>by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list >>are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >>************************ >> >>*********************** >>You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk- >>request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by >>logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are >>available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >>************************ > >*********************** >You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk- >request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by >logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are >available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >************************ > >*********************** >You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk- >request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by >logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are >available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ >************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************