She accidentally edited the wrong zone. If she applied this, she’d be prompting users for ActiveX on every public website—a security nightmare that would trigger an immediate incident report.
She scrolls to – she sets it to Prompt (not Enable – she’s not a monster). group policy edit
Group Policy Objects → Corporate_Security_Baseline_v4 → User Configuration → Policies → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Internet Explorer → Internet Control Panel → Security Page She accidentally edited the wrong zone
The cause isn’t a hacker. It’s a new security template pushed by the corporate compliance team on Friday afternoon—a template that accidentally revoked all Internet Explorer security zone permissions for non-admin users. And because the time-tracking app uses an ancient ActiveX control (the bane of Lena’s existence), every single employee is locked out of submitting their billable hours before the Monday payroll deadline. group policy edit