Hi all!

First post, but a long time lurker here. I'm bringing my question to the brighter minds here, since my mind cannot seem to find a decent way to do things. I'll get some of the little info out of the way first:

Windows XP
KiXtart 4.60
IE v6.0

Basically, what I am looking to do is write a script the reports the IE security settings(under "Tools" --> "Internet Options..." --> "Security" tab --> "Custom Level...") to a text file.


Right now, we have a script that "works", but it doesn't work well. Half the time it displays incorrect information(it will say something is enabled, when it is actually disabled). This script pulls info from the registry and makes no use of COM.

The problem that I see with looking at the registry, is that when you change a value for these settings, anywhere between 4 and 8 registry values change. This is probably why our script that we use right now doesn't work very well. So I am assuming that I can use COM to pull what all these values are for each content zone(Internet, Local intranet, Trusted Sites, Restricted Sites). Unfortunately, my COM knowledge is limited, and I haven't found too much useful info(or info that I understand) through google or the forums. I've also looked for KiX/VBS scripts to see if anyone has attempted what I am looking for. No luck.

I'm in a government environment, so installing other software is a no no. So basically, scripting is my only option. If anyone has any thoughts/direction that they can send me to, I would greatly appreciate it! So far I have ScriptOmatic, and some other sites that I've been looking at(but some of the info is so obfuscated, i don't even know what I'm reading!)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752084(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537186(VS.85).aspx

Thank you all again for any help!