How to reset all Internet Explorer 8 settings for a different user profile?

Sometimes users on locked down PCs that need their IE settings reset to resolved issues such as improper/old cached credentials stored in the browser after a password change etc.  These issues can be resolved by opening
Internet Options, Advanced tab, Reset, Delete All, Reset.
The users cannot do this because the Advanced Tab is hidden by policy.  If an administrator logs in with a different account, of course, anything they change is in their profile and not the user's profile.
Is there some way for an administrator user to log in and access Internet Control Panel settings for a different user's Internet Options so they can reset the browser for a limited user?
We need a more streamlined way to do this instead of needing to either blow away the user's entire Windows profile or else go through the convoluted process of getting the GPO admins to undo the group policy for one user to unhide the tab, have the help
desk reset the browser for the user and then have the GPO admins reapply the original policy.

You can try the following script
Reset Internet Explorer all Setting to default using PowerShell Script
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Reset-Internet-Explorer-20f838e7
but this script still launches an interactive interface, you can ask in this form to improve the script to achieve an totally unattended process.
The Official Scripting Guys Forum!
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/home?forum=ITCG
You can create a task schedule to trigger the process. When computer starts or
 IE open , the script launches itself automatically.
Schedule a task
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
Regards
Yolanda
TechNet Community Support

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