by Aaron Parker on March 2, 2010
in Windows
You’re probably aware of the Browser Choice screen coming to Windows users in the EU, the update that forced on users because of a company that can’t do something a bunch of volunteers have done quite admirably. This update will actually unpin Internet Explorer from the taskbar even if you’ve already made IE your default browser.
With some [...]
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Internet-Explorer
Are you deploying browser proxy settings by setting a proxy server and attempting to manage a proxy bypass list? There is a better way..
Fortunately Jason Curnow, who’s had many years experience working with PAC files, has a website where he’s documented his experiences and shows you how to create your own – The Proxy PAC [...]
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Internet-Explorer,
Proxy server
by Aaron Parker on August 28, 2008
in Windows
Unless you’re hell bent on deploying Firefox in your corporate environment (and managing it with Group Policy), here are some reasons why you should plan for Internet Explorer 8 now and deploy it when the final version is released:
Compatibility View mode will ensure those internal web applications don’t break. Intranet sites are displayed Compatibility View [...]
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Internet-Explorer
If you are working with PolicyMaker Registry Extension, or any of the other PolicyMaker products, you will find the Microsoft Management Console will crash when you select the User Settings / Registry node when editing the Group Policy on machine that also has Internet Explorer 7 installed. If you look at the crash details you [...]
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Internet-Explorer,
PolicyMaker
UPDATE (09/12/2007): Updated with the list of applications and components listed here: Windows Vista components available for Windows XP.
With Microsoft releasing a number of applications developed for Windows Vista also available for Windows XP, I’ve put together a quick ‘how to’ guide for performing an unattended install for each application.
Windows Internet Explorer 7 [ Windows [...]
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Internet-Explorer,
Unattended,
Windows-Media-Player,
Windows-Vista
Internally we have deployed SharePoint Portal Server 2003 as our intranet. To ensure that the Citrix Web Interface for SharePoint (WISP) web part works correctly, we need to ensure that there is only authenticated access to SharePoint (WISP fails if anonymous access is enabled). What I have found on Windows XP machines that have been [...]
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Authentication,
Internet-Explorer