Play animations in web pages

This policy setting allows you to manage whether Internet Explorer will display animated pictures found in Web content. Generally only animated GIF files are affected by this setting; active Web content such as java applets are not.

If you enable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play animated pictures found in Web content.

If you disable this policy setting, Internet Explorer will not play or download animated pictures, helping pages display more quickly.

If you do not configure this policy setting, Internet Explorer will play animated pictures found in Web content.

Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows 2003 Service Pack 1

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value NamePlay_Animations
Value TypeREG_SZ
Enabled Valueyes
Disabled Valueno

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