Okay, I seriously thought I already have this post uploaded in this blog, but it turned out I was wrong. I have kept this for a long time, and it helped me a numbers of times already so I reckon it will help others as well. IE Connections. There are a few settings we can configured in IE Connections Settings such as : Automatically detect settings  Use automatic configuration script  Use a proxy server  Bypass proxy server for local addresses  Use different proxy servers for different protocols  Proxy server exception.  For this post, I will list registry keys positions for each setting. Objective : Grey-Out / Not-Grey-Out Automatic Configuration Location : Hive : HKCU Key : Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\ Value Name : AutoConfig Value Type : DWORD Value Data : 0 Result : Not-Greyed-Out, settings for Automatically detect settings & Use automatic configuration script can be changed. Value Data : 1 Result : Greyed-Out, settings f

I implemented this a few years back, when I needed to eliminate any unneeded pop-up to my users. In this case, it was for Adobe Reader. Newly created profiles will have this automatically pop-up when they launched Adobe Reader  for the first time. Adobe Product Improvement Program - Help Improve the Adobe Reader Experience. The screen also can be triggered by going to Help | Improvement Program Options... These steps will help to disable the Improvement Program Options menu, and consequently suppress the pop-up. Note that it requires registry editing, so be extremely careful. Note that the steps mentioned are for Adobe Reader 11. If oy used different version, ensure your key path refers to correct version (SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0) Using GPP :   Launch GPMC , and go to target GPO.   Edit the policy, and navigate to Computer Configuration | Preference | Windows Settings | Registry , right click at Registry , hover to New and click