{"id":606,"date":"2014-08-19T03:44:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T03:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qbytes.cloud\/?p=606"},"modified":"2014-08-19T03:44:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T03:44:04","slug":"security-settings-in-windows-2012-not-allowing-directx-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2014\/08\/19\/security-settings-in-windows-2012-not-allowing-directx-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Settings in Windows 2012 not allowing DirectX download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Problem: Our security settings are stopping me from downloading DirectX.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disable IE Enhanced Security on Windows Server 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article will detail disabling the &#8216;IE Enhanced Security Configuration&#8217; setting within Windows Server 2012. Enchanced Security mode limits the exposure of the server to potentially malicious Web content. However, as a result, this option can cause Web sites to load inproperly. This option can be disabled to allow for a smoother Web experience.<\/p>\n<p>Disabling this option on production server&#8217;s is not recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<p>1. Open the Server Manager from the task bar.<br \/>\n2. Select Local Server.<br \/>\n3. On the properties tab look for the IE Enchanced Security Configuration setting and Click On.<br \/>\n4. Modify the Security Configuration settings from On to Off. Click Ok to save your changes.<br \/>\n5. Refresh the Local Server details by clicking the refresh button from the top of the Server Manager. The setting will move from &#8216;On&#8217; to &#8216;Off&#8217;.<br \/>\n6. Close any current instances of Internet Explorer and relaunch to ensure the setting take effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem: Our security settings are stopping me from downloading DirectX. Disable IE Enhanced Security on Windows Server 2012 Description This article will detail disabling the &#8216;IE Enhanced Security Configuration&#8217; setting within Windows Server 2012. Enchanced Security mode limits the exposure of the server to potentially malicious Web content. However, as a result, this option can &#8230; <a title=\"Security Settings in Windows 2012 not allowing DirectX download\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2014\/08\/19\/security-settings-in-windows-2012-not-allowing-directx-download\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Security Settings in Windows 2012 not allowing DirectX download\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-winserv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}