Internet Explorer 8 does not respect the Security Features Group Policy settings

On a computer that has Windows Internet Explorer 8 installed, you configure Group Policy settings under one of the following nodes:However, some settings do not work on as expected.

This problem occurs because Internet Explorer 8 does not read the registry keys that are set by the Group Policy settings.

The registry keys are located under the following registry entries:

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website: For more technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Windows Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft website: Note This update was first included in security update 2530548 (MS11-050). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: