SP 50644: Enable Zoom Menu in IE7

Details: This change enables the Page -> Zoom submenu added in IE7 to allow a user to enlarge or shrink the contents of a web page. This menu is particularly useful when the user’s screen is substantially different in size from the web page developer’s screen.

BackgroundThe two screenshots below show IE7 with and without the Zoom submenu.

The Zoom submenu may be disabled intentionally by a user or a virus or spyware software might have changed the Internet Explorer settings on the machine.In IE7, a the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ZOOM controls the presence (value is 0) or absence (value is 1) of this submenu.

1. "Internet Explorer has been removed from this computer" message is displayed when you login to your account
2. Cannot modify settings for ”Local Intranet”, “Trusted Sites” and “Restricted Sites” security zones
3. Cannot modify the Accessibility settings in Internet Explorer
4. Cannot save a webpage as an MHTML (.mht) file in Internet Explorer
5. Cannot set Custom Security settings in Internet Explorer

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