This post is #6 in the series to automatically build a Microsoft BI machine using PowerShell – see the start of series.
In this series so far:
Start of series – introduction and layout of subjects
Post #2 – Preparation: install files using Azure disk
Post #3 – Preparation: install files using Azure File Service
Post #4 –Preparation: logging infrastructure
Post #5 – Master script
In this step we will disable the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. In general IEESC is a great idea, but on demo machines it is not very useful and makes the demo less usable. This script comes from http://itproctology.blogspot.nl/2013/09/powershell-to-disable-ie-enhanced.html:
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#Disables Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration #source: http://itproctology.blogspot.nl/2013/09/powershell-to-disable-ie-enhanced.html Function DisableIEESC { Write-Log -Verbose "Step 1: Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security" try { $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 $UserKey -Name “IsInstalled” -Value 0 Stop-Process -Name Explorer Write-Log -Verbose "IE ESC succesfully disabled" if ($global:DoAllTasks) { Set-Restart-AndResume $global:script "2" } } catch { Write-Log -Verbose "Failed to disable IE ESC. Error: $_.Exception.Message" } } |
Next step: set up Active Directory.