Disable Internet Explorer on Server 2008…3 simple steps!

So you want to disable that pesky Internet Explorer on your Server 2008 box… no worries!

Follow these simple steps, and IE will be disabled…

Step 1

Open Command Prompt (CMD)

Step 2

type: “dism /online /get-features” (without the quotes) – hit enter

One of the features is Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64, which you can remove with:

To DISABLE type: “dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64”
(without the quotes) – hit enter

To verify the feature is DISABLED type: “dism /online /get-features” (without the quotes) – hit enter

To ENABLE type: “dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64”
(without the quotes) – hit enter

Step 3

Reboot your Server 2008 box to disable Internet Explorer!