Prevent automatic discovery of feeds and Web Slices

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 7.0

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feed Discovery

HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Feed Discovery

Value name: Enabled

Enabled: Enabled = 0

Disabled: Enabled = 1

Description

This policy setting prevents users from having Internet Explorer automatically discover whether a feed or Web Slice is available for an associated webpage. If you enable this policy setting, the user does not receive a notification on the toolbar that a feed or Web Slice is available. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the user receives a notification when a feed or Web Slice is available and can click the feed discovery button.