We have been getting many requests to add IE 10 blocking to Network Administrator.
Why is that?
IE 10 shows up as an automatic update…If a user runs an update on their own, and is not paying attention – they have IE 10 installed.
After that, lots of stuff is broken for them (Not broken, but those pesky corporate sites that require an earlier version of IE no longer work).
If you want to prevent this from happening you can use a registry value to block it.
The value is under this path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Setup\10.0
Add a DWORD value named:
DoNotAllowIE10
Set it to 1 to block, Set it to 0 to unblock.
We also have updated Network Administrator to set this key for you – that way you don’t have to mess around with the registry by hand:
Download a copy from here
Keep in mind this will only prevent it from showing up in Automatic Update. Users can still install IE 10 by hand if they wish.
Also, for Network Administrator to work make sure you have configured your admin share and firewall to allow it….here are instructions on how to do that for each version of Windows:
Windows XP:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2008/12/enabling-file-and-printer-sharing-in-windows-xp/
Windows Vista, 2008:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2008/12/enabling-file-and-printer-sharing-in-vista/
Windows 7, 2008 R2:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2009/08/windows-7-the-admin-share/
Windows 8, 2012:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2012/10/windows-8-enable-the-admin-share/
From a script on any version of windows (Must run as administrator):
Enable the admin share from a script
Get the latest version Network Administrator from here:
Network Administrator Download
If you purchased and want to update, just download again and install right over your current version. It will update the plugins automatically – just make sure it is not running.
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Just in time steve. Been looking for a way to stop this.
Thanks for the tip
Steve. Does this keep users from installing IE 10? I need a way to do that since even if I take it out of updates, they still find a way to install it
Hi Jo Jo,
This does not prevent users from manually installing IE 10. This just keeps it from being included in automatic updates.
I just had a bit of a run around which brought me to this page – IE10 broke windows update: when I tried to get Office updates (hadn’t enabled it before) using IE10, the update page was blank:
http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/vistadefault.aspx?ln=en-au
I uninstalled IE10 and it worked. After uninstalling IE10, DoNotAllowIE10 is set to block, by the way.
cheers.