Steve Bink send words that Windows Server 2003 ships with a special IE security tool

I remember Novell admins complaining on NT what the hell is Windows Media player doing on the file server, what the hell is a browser doing on mail Server. Well in Windows2003 sound is disabled by default and now IE is locked down! Codenamed the IE HardeningPack, IE is not able to download or install active X controls. "Inside Microsoft, the mantra for this product is, 'It's a server, not a surfboard.' IE should be locked down like everything else." WOW that is a change, but why is media player installed by deafault? It is a server not a jukebox. Well probably because like you can use the locked down browser the read documentation online or on CD that same may count for Media player to watch presentations, hmmm I'd rather do that sitting behind my desk.

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