{"id":13231,"date":"2020-05-09T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T06:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=6396"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:50:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:50:57","slug":"disable-enhanced-security-configuration-for-internet-explorer-in-windows-server-2019-2016","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/disable-enhanced-security-configuration-for-internet-explorer-in-windows-server-2019-2016","title":{"rendered":"Disable Enhanced Security Configuration for Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2019\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13231\" class=\"elementor elementor-13231\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cc12c26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cc12c26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25c868b7\" data-id=\"25c868b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266e547f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"266e547f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) is designed to protect a server against dangerous websites capable of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/tip-sharing\/removing-malware-from-your-windows-10-pc\">malware<\/a> infecting the system. To open all its content in IE you need to add a website to the Trusted sites zone. Enhanced Security Configuration on Windows Server 2019\/2016 is supported by default in Internet Explorer. These security restrictions are genuinely beneficial in most situations. But in some cases, you might want to allow Internet Explorer to open all websites without adding them as trusted ones, including all third-party content. Here is how to deactivate enhanced security settings for Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2019\/2016.<\/p><p>Here is just one example. When allowing Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration, you will see this Start page when launching IE:<\/p><pre>res:\/\/iesetup.dll\/HardAdmin.htm\n<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d6f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76d6f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"786\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-HardAdmin-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IE ESC Hard Admin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-HardAdmin-01.png 786w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-HardAdmin-01-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-HardAdmin-01-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff2174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cff2174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>If you try to open a website, you will see a pop-up window that tells you the <strong><em>Content from the website listed below is being blocked by the IE ESC:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eebdc7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eebdc7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"847\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-content-blocked-02.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IE ESC content from the website blocked by the IE ESC\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-content-blocked-02.png 847w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-content-blocked-02-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-content-blocked-02-768x516.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87a881 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a87a881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You must either click Add to add the website to the Trusted sites zone or click Close to open in a restricted mode. A part of the content of the website (such as JavaScript or Web fonts) will not be available in the last case. As a result, most websites will lose some of their functionality.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6401038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6401038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to disable Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) of Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2019\/2016<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd43e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cd43e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>1. Click the <em>Start Button<\/em> and Launch <em>Server Manager<\/em>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe14d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe14d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"813\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-server-manager-03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"window server manager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-server-manager-03.jpg 813w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-server-manager-03-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-server-manager-03-768x734.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f59364a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f59364a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>2. Head to <em>Local Server<\/em>.<\/p><p>3. Find <em>IE Enhanced Security Configuration<\/em> and click on <em>On<\/em>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027d4f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"027d4f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-Local-Server-04-1024x410.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Server Manager local server\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-Local-Server-04-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-Local-Server-04-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-Local-Server-04-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-Local-Server-04.png 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25566e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25566e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>4. Turn off IE ESC for Administrators and\/or for Users and click <em>OK<\/em>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e5569 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0e5569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"417\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-administrator-and-user-05.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IE ESC administator and user\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-administrator-and-user-05.png 417w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-administrator-and-user-05-278x300.png 278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bbf933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bbf933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>5. Be sure to restart Internet Explorer!<\/p><p>Now when you launch IE you will see soft configuration page telling you Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration not enable:<\/p><pre>res:\/\/iesetup.dll\/SoftAdmin.htm<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92aaa66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92aaa66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"845\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IE-ESC-SoftAdmin-06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"IE ESC SoftAdmin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IE-ESC-SoftAdmin-06.png 845w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IE-ESC-SoftAdmin-06-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IE-ESC-SoftAdmin-06-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce652a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce652a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can visit all websites without adding them to the Trusted sites zone:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5707267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5707267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"798\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-TuneComp-07.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"tunecomp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-TuneComp-07.png 798w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-TuneComp-07-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IEESC-TuneComp-07-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) is designed to protect a server against dangerous websites capable of malware infecting the system. To open all its content in IE you need to add a website to the Trusted sites zone. Enhanced Security Configuration on Windows Server 2019\/2016 is supported by default in Internet Explorer. These security &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/disable-enhanced-security-configuration-for-internet-explorer-in-windows-server-2019-2016\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Disable Enhanced Security Configuration for Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2019\/2016<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[132],"kbtag":[110],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/13231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13231"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/13231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21867,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/13231\/revisions\/21867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=13231"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=13231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}