Disable Activex for all office applications using Windows 2008r2 Group policy

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_{Thursday, October 9, 2014 2:58 AM}

HI

I want to know how to Disable "ActiveX for all office applications" using Windows 2008r2 Group policy. or how to restrict users playing flash games on excel 2013.

Regards

Muj

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_{Friday, October 10, 2014 1:52 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

We can use the following Group Policy setting to disable All ActiveX:

Group Policy setting path: Administrative Templates > Microsoft Office 2013 > Security Settings

Group Policy setting name: Disable All ActiveX

Description: This setting controls whether ActiveX controls are disabled in Office 2013. This is a global setting and can’t be configured on a per-application basis.

Impact: If you enable this setting, ActiveX controls do not initialize and users aren’t notified that the ActiveX controls are disabled. Also, users can’t insert ActiveX controls into documents. ActiveX controls can provide additional functionality in documents. Therefore, disabling them can reduce functionality for users. You should make sure that users are aware that this setting is enabled, because they aren’t notified by the application that ActiveX controls are disabled. It is also important to determine whether ActiveX controls are used to provide business-critical functionality before you enable this setting.

Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179076.aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support

It's recommended to download and install Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office programs.