How to Disable or Remove Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration in Windows Server 2012

Submitted by ingram on Tue, 09/10/2013 - 9:55pm

You just installed Windows Server 2012 on your brand new server and you open up Internet Explorer for the first (and last) time to download Google Chrome [1] or Firefox [2]...
Bam!
You get hit with this annoying message:

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Luckily, it is really easy to turn off Internet Explorer's Enhanced Security Configuration so you can be on your way installing a better web browser. Simply open Server Manager, click on 'Local Server', scroll over and click 'On' next to IE Enhanced Security Configuration.

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Check the Off button for the groups that you want IE ESC disabled for:

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Now you can download another web browser without being bothered by annoying messages from Internet Explorer.

***NOTE****

To disable IE ESC for Server 2003, check here [3]

To disable IE ESC for Server 2008, check here [4]