Group policy issues when using the SiteAdvisor Enterprise Hardening policy

Technical Articles ID: KB76915
Last Modified: 9/24/2014

Environment

McAfee SiteAdvisor Enterprise (SAE) 3.5

For product supported environments, see KB51244.

Problem

Some Group policy settings do not to work correctly with the SAE Hardening policy enabled.

If this happens, you might experience any of the following symptoms:

A Group policy is not enforced.
Internet Explorer settings for trusted sites are blank.
User Account Control settings are set to maximum security.

Solution

This issue is resolved in SAE Patch 2 Hotfix 836656. This hotfix implements changes to SAE hardening rules to improve compatibility with Group policy enforcement. For more details about this hotfix, see KB81086.

SAE 3.5 Patch 2 Hotfix 83665 is available by logging in to the ServicePortal at https://support.mcafee.com/downloads.

NOTE: If you still experience the issue after applying this hotfix, use the following workaround.

Workaround

Disable the SAE Hardening policy. For more information, see the "Hardening policy for SiteAdvisor Enterprise" section in the SiteAdvisor Enterprise 3.5.0 Product Guide (PD23522).

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SiteAdvisor Enterprise 3.5

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