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To start, all that I want is a way to disable this functionality.
Problem:
Fresh copy of Win10 Enterprise v1809 that is patched and up to date.
On 2nd open of IE under any new profile, I get this page as another tab:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?li...smnv=1&osbuild=7601&ossku=1&mkt=en-us&opt=111
Which redirects to a customized version of this page:
https://ie11welcome.microsoft.com/en-us/index.html
"Set Microsoft recommended settings for your browser"
Looking around in the %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\ folder while this page is open, I find that consumer copies of Win10 will be prompted every 90 days with this popup, and Enterprise copies will be prompted every 365 days. This is under "IE11DefaultsFREConfig[1].xml"
There was one user online that said setting the reg keys for IE11DefaultsFRECompletionTime and IE11DefaultsFREConfigUpdateTimestamp bypass this, but so far they haven't worked as expected for me.
I would have expected some form of documentation on a GPO to bypass this in an enterprise environment, knowing that it's a mitigation for the May vulnerability around homepage/search hijacking, but there are no such articles. Sadly, this is just another thing for the EU to harass Microsoft about antitrust, but that's neither here nor there. I just want a way to disable this for my kiosks.
Issue has been reported elsewhere:
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Problem:
Fresh copy of Win10 Enterprise v1809 that is patched and up to date.
On 2nd open of IE under any new profile, I get this page as another tab:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?li...smnv=1&osbuild=7601&ossku=1&mkt=en-us&opt=111
Which redirects to a customized version of this page:
https://ie11welcome.microsoft.com/en-us/index.html
"Set Microsoft recommended settings for your browser"
- Home Page: msn.com
- Default search provider: bing.com
- New tabs: New tab page with news feed
Looking around in the %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\ folder while this page is open, I find that consumer copies of Win10 will be prompted every 90 days with this popup, and Enterprise copies will be prompted every 365 days. This is under "IE11DefaultsFREConfig[1].xml"
There was one user online that said setting the reg keys for IE11DefaultsFRECompletionTime and IE11DefaultsFREConfigUpdateTimestamp bypass this, but so far they haven't worked as expected for me.
I would have expected some form of documentation on a GPO to bypass this in an enterprise environment, knowing that it's a mitigation for the May vulnerability around homepage/search hijacking, but there are no such articles. Sadly, this is just another thing for the EU to harass Microsoft about antitrust, but that's neither here nor there. I just want a way to disable this for my kiosks.
Issue has been reported elsewhere:
- Error Internet Explorer 11 after last Windows 7 update
- New crap - Microsoft | DSLReports Forums
- How do I get Internet Explorer to stop going to go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2074245
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View: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/c8stbv/set_microsoft_recommended_settings_for_your/
(also me but 3 weeks ago) - IE11 - MS pushing their recommended settings?
- Topic: Pop up from IE11 to reset my browser @ AskWoody
- How to stop MSN.com/Bing Nag, IE11? - Windows 7 Help Forums
- How do I get rid of "Set Microsoft recommended settings for your browser" in IE 11
- Topic: June 2019 Patch Tuesday is rolling out @ AskWoody
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