One of the new features in Internet Explorer 8 is InPrivate Browsing, which helps prevent Internet Explorer from recording any kind of data about your browsing session or habits.
Basically, when in an InPrivate Browsing session, no cookies are created, no temporary Internet files, no history, no form data, and anything else that a browser would normally record.
Note: The InPrivate Browsing feature of IE 8 is different than InPrivate Filtering. InPrivate Filtering prevents other sites from tracking your browsing habits, instead of the browser not tracking your session (InPrivate Browsing).
If you’re an IT manager, this new feature may hinder your tracking of Internet usage for employees, students, etc. There may be times when you need to simply disable InPrivate Browsing for all users on a PC.
You can do this by going into Group Policy and changing the setting there:
Step 1: Go to Start, then Run and type in gpedit.msc.
Step 2: Now navigate to the following section:
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer / InPrivate
Step 3: Now on the right-hand side, go ahead and double-click Turn off InPrivate Browsing and choose Enabled.
You can turn it off for only the currently logged on user by simply going under User Configuration first.
If you keep looking, you will also see the options for turning off InPrivate Filtering, not collecting InPrivate Filtering data, and setting the InPrivate Filtering Threshold. Enjoy!
I am trying desperately to disable IE8 InPrivate browser. It seems very illusive thus far as nothing not even these directions work. The obstacle comes with the first step..once I type in ‘gpedit.msc’ i immediately get an error message saying windows cannot find it.
Why is this not working..am I stuck with private mode? argh :/
oh, yeah, I have windows vista
Don’t know if this would apply but when I go into the administrator (me) folder and click templates to get to the group profile page the templates folder denies me access..I am the administrator! I should be able to go anywhere on my own computer. Why is that blocked?? I have no other user accounts and am on the main one.
Thanks!