First of all: If you're working in a domain environment, a group policy might block the right to see the tabs.
Anyway, wether IE shows the tabs in your internet options is defined by registry values.
Do the following:
1 ) Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Before you make ANY modifications, first backup your registry to a safe place. (File - Export - Save)
2 ) Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft registry subkey.
3) If the Internet Explorer subkey doesn't exist, create it (from the Edit menu, select New, Key and type "Internet Explorer" without the quotes) and navigate to that subkey.
Under the Internet Explorer subkey, create a subkey called Control Panel, then navigate to that subkey.
4) From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value, and create the first value (i.e., GeneralTab) from the table below. Press Enter.
GeneralTab General
SecurityTab Security
ContentTab Content
ConnectionsTab Connections
ProgramsTab Programs
PrivacyTab Privacy
AdvancedTab Advanced
5) Double-click the created value, set it to 0 (zero) to disable the specified tab, then Click OK.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each value in the table below.
6) Close the registry editor.
The changes take effect immediately. To re-disable the tab, set the registry value to 1 or delete the value.
Good luck :-)
