Disable IE security on Windows Server via PowerShell

Question

it happens all the time, I spin up a vm with windows server and I can't access the internet because of IE security. Does anyone have a straight-forward PowerShell script for disabling IE security?

Answer 1

function Disable-InternetExplorerESC {     $AdminKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"     $UserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"     Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0     Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 0     Stop-Process -Name Explorer     Write-Host "IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green } function Enable-InternetExplorerESC {     $AdminKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"     $UserKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}"     Set-ItemProperty -Path $AdminKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 1     Set-ItemProperty -Path $UserKey -Name "IsInstalled" -Value 1     Stop-Process -Name Explorer     Write-Host "IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ESC) has been enabled." -ForegroundColor Green } function Disable-UserAccessControl {     Set-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" -Name "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" -Value 00000000     Write-Host "User Access Control (UAC) has been disabled." -ForegroundColor Green     } 

drop this into a .ps1 file

then at the prompt type a period, a space and the path to the file something like this:

[PS 1] . C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\YourPowerShellScript.ps1 

Then you can call the command at the prompt:

[PS 1] Disable-InternetExplorerESC