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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a Web site to the Trusted Sites zone in Internet Explorer? Hey, NR. As it turns out, trusted sites are actually stored in the registry; consequently, adding a Web site is simply a matter of creating and configuring a new registry key. For example, suppose you want to trust Microsoft.com. (And, really, who doesn\u2019t<\/I> want to trust Microsoft?) Here\u2019s a script that adds Microsoft.com to the list of trusted sites:<\/P> Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001<\/p>\n strComputer = “.”\nSet objReg=GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\default:StdRegProv”)\nstrKeyPath = “Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\” _\n & “ZoneMap\\Domains\\microsoft.com”<\/p>\n objReg.CreateKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath<\/p>\n strValueName = “http”\ndwValue = 2<\/p>\n objReg.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath, strValueName, dwValue\n<\/PRE>\n Let\u2019s talk about what\u2019s going on here. We begin by creating a constant HKEY_CURRENT_USER and setting it to the value &H80000001. This constant will be used to access the HKEY_CURRENT_USER portion of the registry and configure Microsoft.com as a trusted site for only the logged-on user<\/I>. What if you wanted to configure Microsoft.com as a trusted site for anyone logging on to the computer? In that case, substitute the constant HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and assign HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE the value &H80000002.<\/P>\n Next we connect to the WMI service and, more specifically, to the Standard Registry Provider. We then assign the following registry path to the variable strKeyPath:<\/P> Note the tail-end of the path: that\u2019s where we put microsoft.com<\/I>, the name of the Web site to be added to the trusted sites. We then call the CreateKey<\/B> method to create a new registry key (microsoft.com) inside Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\ZoneMap\\Domains.<\/P>\n Still with us? Having created the registry key, we simply need to create and configure a single registry value. In our sample script, we assign the value http<\/I> to the variable strValueName. This will be the name of our new registry value; it also indicates which Internet protocols will be trusted from Microsoft.com. If we want to trust only the ftp protocol, then we\u2019d assign strValueName the value ftp<\/I>; if we want to trust all Internet protocols, then we\u2019d assign strValueName the value * (a single asterisk).<\/P>\n We then assign the value 2 to the variable dwValue. In the world of Internet Explorer, the 2 represents the Trusted Sites zone. You could also use the value 1 to assign a site to the Intranet Sites zone; the value 3 to assign a site to the Internet Sites zone; or the value 4 to assign a site to the Restricted Sites zone.<\/P>\n Finally we use the SetDWORDValue<\/B> method to create our new registry value. Fire up Internet Explorer, click on Tools<\/B>, click on Internet Options<\/B>, and then, on the Security<\/B> tab, select Trusted Sites<\/B> and click the Sites<\/B> button. You should see Microsoft.com among the trusted sites.<\/P>
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