The "Disable the Privacy page" Policy is Missing From Group Policy Editor on a Windows XP-Based Computer

When you use Active Directory Users and Computers, Active Directory Sites and Services, or the stand-alone Group Policy snap-in to configure Internet Explorer policies, the Disable the Privacy page policy may be missing. This policy removes the Privacy tab from the Internet Options dialog box.

Note To use Active Directory Users and Computers or Active Directory Sites and Services on a Windows XP-based computer, you must have the Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack installed.

This is a known problem in the Inetres.adm file included with the original version of Microsoft Windows XP.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1).

The Disable the Privacy page policy is located in the Group Policy object name\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel folder in the console tree in Group Policy.