'By default, Local Zone security settings are not visible in Internet Explorer. (Menu -- 'Tools -- Internet Options -- Security tab.) To make them visible and adjustable in any 'version of Windows. Run it and click "Yes".

Dim sReg, SH, Ret, iVal, sType, s
s = "Click YES to make IE Local Zone settings visible"
s = s & " in IE. Click NO to hide them."
Ret = MsgBox(s, 36)
 Set SH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   If (Ret = 6) Then 
       iVal = 1
   Else
       iVal = 33
   End If   
sReg = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\"
sReg = sReg & "Internet Settings\Zones\0\Flags"
SH.RegWrite "HKLM\" & sReg, iVal, "REG_DWORD"
SH.RegWrite "HKCU\" & sReg, iVal, "REG_DWORD"
Set SH = Nothing

 If (Ret = 6) Then     
   s = "The Local Zone should now be visible in IE"
   s = s & " security window as My Computer."  
    MsgBox s, 64
 Else
   s = "Local Zone settings have been hidden."
    MsgBox s, 64
 End if