by Alex Verboon
IEDigest is collecting all relevant Internet Explorer settings and generates a well formated HTML report. In addition to this there is an XML output as well which can be taken for comparing reports coming from different environments. This is helpfull Read More …
As you probably know by know, Microsoft Edge is now the default Browser on Windows 10, but IE11 can still be used. While using the Microsoft Edge browser I’ve noticed that now and then when opening a website, the following Read More …
During the past days I have been busy deploying the Internet Explorer Site Discovery Toolkit to our Internet Explorer 11 test clients. I will write about the deployment of the Toolkit in a separate post. Today I would like to Read More …
In preparation of the Internet Explorer out of date ActiveX control blocking activities I wrote the below script that retrieves the content of the log stored under LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AuditMode\VersionAuditLog.csv You can download the script from here
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function Get-ActiveXControlLog { <# .Synopsis Get-ActiveXControlLog .DESCRIPTION Get-ActiveXControlLog retrieves the content of the Internet Explorer ActiveX control log stored locally. .EXAMPLE Get-ActiveXControlLog Shows all entries in the log file .EXAMPLE Get-ActiveXControlLog -Show Allowed Shows only entries with status "Allowed" .LINKS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/dn798785.aspx .NOTES version 1.0 by Alex Verboon #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=0)] [ValidateSet("All","Allowed","Blocked")] $Show="All" ) Begin { # the default location of the log file $VersionAuditLog = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('LocalApplicationData') + "\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AuditMode\VersionAuditLog.csv" # check if the log file is present If (Test-Path $VersionAuditLog) { Write-output "ActiveX out of date blocking control log found" } Else { Write-Verbose "ActiveX out of date blocking control log not found" # let's check if the logging policy is enabled at all $lm = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext" -Name "AuditModeEnabled" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).AuditModeEnabled $cu = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ext" -Name "AuditModeEnabled" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).AuditModeEnabled If ($lm -le 0) { write-output "ActiveX control logging policy is not enabled at the computer level" } Else { Write-Output "Active control logging policy is enabled at the computer level, but there's no log: $VersionAuditLog" } If ($cu -le 0) { write-output "ActiveX control logging policy is not enabled at the User level" } Else { Write-Output "Active control logging policy is enabled at the user level, but there's no log: $VersionAuditLog" } Throw } } Process { # Get the content of the log file $axlog = Import-csv -Delimiter "," -Path $VersionAuditLog -Header URL, Path, ProductVersion, FileVersion, Action, Reason, EPMCompat $axlogdata = @() ForEach ($entry in $axlog) { $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name URL -Value $entry.URL $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Path -Value $entry.Path $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ProductVersion -Value $entry.ProductVersion $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FileVersion -Value $entry.FileVersion $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Result -Value $entry.Action $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Reason -Value $entry.Reason $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name EPMCompatible -Value $entry.EPMCompat $axlogdata += $object } } End { If ($Show -eq "All") { $axlogdata } Else { $axlogdata | Where-Object {$_.Result -eq "$Show"} } } } |
As anounced by Microsoft last week on their IEBlog Internet Explorer will start blocking out of date ActiveX controls For managed environments there are updated administrative templates for Internet Explorer to control the behaviour of the ActiveX blocking feature. Although Read More …
With just a few clicks and pasting 3 lines of code you can create a Windows 8.1 live tile for your blog. Here’s what you need to do. Navigate to http://www.buildmypinnedsite.com/en and fill in the requested information. Copy the code. Read More …
Follow the below steps to disable Java in Internet Explorer with Group Policy. Open Internet Explorer, then from the Tools menu select Manage Add-ons. Locate the Java add-on, select and double click on it. Click on the Copy button to Read More …
In today’s blog post I’d like to share some basic information I gathered today about the Internet Explorer Compatibility list option that is available within the Compatibility View Settings in Internet Explorer 8 and 9. By default this setting is Read More …
If you’re using the Google Toolbar and Internet Explorer 8/9 you might have experienced bad browser performance (I did). There is an update from Google that seems to solve these issues. It did for me so far. The Microsoft KB Read More …
The Windows 8 developer preview build installation media contains an executable called wicainventory.exe. Wicainventory tool collects application and device information. There is also a wica.ini file that contains 2 URLs. I assume that the Tool is used by Microsoft to Read More …