Internet Explorer Enhanced Security vs SharePoint Central Admin

A colleague came across an issue today – When trying to create a web application in Central Admin, filled in all the details correctly then clicked OK and nothing happened, the page didnt start loading or anything.

 

We figured out it was because Internet Explorer enhanced security was enabled, one way to fix this would be to switch it off but that’s not the best solution.  The other way is to ad the central admin URL to the list of Intranet Zone URLs in Tools>Options>Security

 

Did that, closed and opened internet explorer and now it works

 

See here for more info http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/winsharepointadmin/HA011607751033.aspx