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Mozilla Firefox: 7.1 to 7.8

25 new settings, 5 changed since 7.1. 7 retained releases apart.

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122 settings · compared with 7.1
  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … be shown. If this policy is disabled or not configured, the upgrade [added: page ]is displayed.
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      If this policy is enabled, you can specify a URL to be displayed after Firefox is updated. If you leave the URL blank, no upgrade page will be shown. If this policy is disabled or not configured, the upgrade [added: page ]is displayed.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\PDF.js
    • Description … document permissions like preventing the copying of text. If this policy is [removed: not ]disabled or not configured, document permissions are ignored.
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      If this policy is enabled, the built-in PDF viewer will honor document permissions like preventing the copying of text. If this policy is [removed: not ]disabled or not configured, document permissions are ignored.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Picture-in-Picture
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Picture-in-Picture
    • Description … be changed by the user. If this policy is disabled or not configured,[added: ]Picture-in-Picture settings can be changed by the user.
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      If this policy is enabled, Picture-in-Picture settings cannot be changed by the user. If this policy is disabled or not configured,[added: ]Picture-in-Picture settings can be changed by the user.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
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      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Popups
    • Translations changed.
  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Bookmarks
    • Description If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the …
      Whole description, marked

      If this policy is enabled, you can configure a bookmark [added: to ]be added to Firefox. Due to a bug, you must select the location. Note that you must specify the bookmarks in order. If this policy is disabled or not configured, a new bookmark is not added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Popups
    • Translations changed.
  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Popups
    • Translations changed.
  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Proxy Settings
    • Description … is disabled, DNS is not proxied when using SOCKS. If this policy [added: is ]not configured, DNS is not proxied when using SOCKS v4, but proxied …
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      If this policy is enabled, DNS is proxied when using SOCKS. If this policy is disabled, DNS is not proxied when using SOCKS. If this policy [added: is ]not configured, DNS is not proxied when using SOCKS v4, but proxied when using SOCKS v5.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot create a master password. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can create a master password.
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      If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot create a master password. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can create a master password.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot show passwords in saved logins. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can show passwords in saved logins.
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      If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot show passwords in saved logins. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can show passwords in saved logins.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … as their desktop background. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can set images as their desktop background.
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      If this policy is enabled, the user cannot set an image as their desktop background. If this policy is disabled or not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can set images as their desktop background.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … policy is enabled, Firefox will start downloads in a temporary directory and [added: they will be ]automatically deleted when you close the browser. If this policy is disabled or not configured, Firefox will [removed: to][added: put downloads in] the download folder and[added: they] will not be automatically deleted when you close the browser.
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      If this policy is enabled, Firefox will start downloads in a temporary directory and [added: they will be ]automatically deleted when you close the browser. If this policy is disabled or not configured, Firefox will [removed: to][added: put downloads in] the download folder and[added: they] will not be automatically deleted when you close the browser.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description If this policy is enabled, a new menu[added: ]item is added to the help menu with support information. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no menu[added: ]item is added.
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      If this policy is enabled, a new menu[added: ]item is added to the help menu with support information. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no menu[added: ]item is added.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\User Messaging
    • Description If this policy is disabled, the What's new icon and menu[added: ]item will not be displayed. If this policy is enabled or not configured, the What's New icon and menu[added: ]item will be displayed.
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      If this policy is disabled, the What's new icon and menu[added: ]item will not be displayed. If this policy is enabled or not configured, the What's New icon and menu[added: ]item will be displayed.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
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  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions
    • Description … disable. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no extensions are locked[added: .]
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      If this policy is enabled, you can specify a list of extension IDs that the user will be unable to uninstall or disable. If this policy is disabled or not configured, no extensions are locked[added: .]

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox\Preferences (Deprecated)
    • Description This preference is no longer support[added: ed] on Windows. We are investigating creating a policy.
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      This preference is no longer support[added: ed] on Windows. We are investigating creating a policy.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] will not be prompted to install updates and Firefox will not check …
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      If this policy is enabled, [removed: users][added: the user] will not be prompted to install updates and Firefox will not check for updates in the background. The user must manually check and install updates from the About dialog. If this policy is disabled or not configured, the browser receives updates. This policy is not recommended for most users.

  • Computer and user · Mozilla\Firefox
    • Description … is enabled, a primary password is required. If this policy is disabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot create a primary password. If this policy is not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can choose to create a primary password.
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      If this policy is enabled, a primary password is required. If this policy is disabled, [removed: users][added: the user] cannot create a primary password. If this policy is not configured, [removed: users][added: the user] can choose to create a primary password.

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