------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit README Version 5.0 - February 1999 ------------------------------------------------------- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999 http://ieak.microsoft.com For the most current information on browser issues, please refer to the online documentation that is installed with Internet Explorer 5. This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) documentation. You can also look at the Microsoft(R) Web site for the latest information. -------- CONTENTS -------- WHAT'S NEW FOR IEAK 5 GENERAL SETUP REQUIREMENTS KNOWN ISSUES WHAT'S NEW FOR IEAK 5 ===================== IEAK 5 offers more opportunities for: - Customization. The new and enhanced customization options, such as the periodic update check page, provide you with the advantage of giving your users important information at the time they need it. Customization of the browser toolbars enhance the way the browser looks, feels, and behaves. - Increased flexibility. You now have complete control over which components are included in or excluded from your custom package. You can create the unique package that meets your needs, which also gives you more control over the length of time it takes your users to download and install it. - Improved end-user controls. Improved controls in both the Internet Explorer Customization wizard and the IEAK Profile Manager give you access to more powerful features, at the same time making it easier for you to take advantage of these features. Internet Explorer 5 features, such as Automatic Install, enable you to distribute and support a minimal download and still give your users a fully featured browser. For a detailed list of new features and improvements, refer to the "What's New" section in IEAK Help. NOTE: The customizations installed by the IEAK during Internet Explorer Setup will always overwrite previous customizations. Even if no Internet Explorer components need to be installed, the customizations will install. Previous options including the branding version number and configuration identifier are no longer necessary. GENERAL SETUP REQUIREMENTS ========================== Before you can use the IEAK, you must install Internet Explorer 5. Before starting the Internet Explorer Customization wizard, calculate how much disk space is required for the components you want to install: - Depending on the number of components you download, you will need up to 100 MB of disk space. - For every custom package you generate and every media type you select, you will need additional disk space equal to the size of the package for each media type. This amount varies and temporary space is also needed to create and compress each of the media types. For more information each of the Microsoft components, refer to the IEAK Help. KNOWN ISSUES ============ - Careful attention should be paid to the AutoComplete feature options. AutoComplete can store important or personal information in various scenarios. Depending on your situation, these features should be configured appropriately or turned off completely. - When using a previously generated .INS file in a new session of the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard, note that some of the feature settings or file paths may have changed. Errors produced during package generation may be caused directly by this previous .INS file. In order to be sure your new package will be generated correctly, validate all settings and file paths before finishing the Customization Wizard. - If you are building a package to an existing directory via the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard, disabling Setup Customizations via Feature Selection will delete the previous ie5sites.dat that was created. To avoid this issue, do not uncheck Setup Customizations when building to an existing directory. - When you are running the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard using different roles, it is recommended that you build to different directories. This will prevent any settings that are not applicable from being included in the custom package. - When installing a single disk branding package on previous versions of Internet Explorer, certain customizations may not be applied, applied inconsistently when compared to Internet Explorer 5.0 installs, or produce inaccurate results. - In Outlook Express, presubscribed newsgroups are only configured if a news server has also been specified. - The Outlook Express junk mail filtering option in Stage 5 of the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard has no effect on the machine Outlook Express is installed on. - On Far East platforms, the Internet Explorer Customization wizard may be displayed in a large font when the computer is first restarted. To resolve this issue, restart the computer again. - When adding custom components for a Windows 3.11/WFW/NT 3.51 package, the filename "setup.exe" cannot be used. This will overwrite the setup application for Internet Explorer. - The ISP File Wizard included in the IEAK Toolkit will only install on a machine that has the Visual Basic 4.0 runtime installed. It will install normally on a Windows 98 machine. Corporate Administrators ------------------------ - If you are importing your current Active Desktop settings, have the channel bar turned on, and are not deploying channels, the installed package displays an empty channel bar on the desktop. - If you are distributing the Web Desktop Update on NT 4.0 workstations where the users are not at the Administrator level, you must use Policy Editor to manage the Web Desktop Update restrictions. These restrictions are not applied during Internet Explorer setup or during automatic configuration. This is not an issue if your users are at the Administrator level. - When using the policy to only allow controls from trusted publishers, Internet Explorer Setup, and automatic configuration with .CAB files will not work unless the .CAB files are signed and the publisher is in the trusted publisher list. Also, Automatic Install will not work when using this policy. - If you are building a UNIX package, you must have Automatic Version Synchronization turned on in order to choose between Solaris and HP-UX. - The Internet Explorer 5 Tour is available for customization in the IEAK Toolkit. To use the tour, run the tour.exe file in a /Windows root on your Web server. To link to the tour, use an URL following this format: http:///Windows/IE/tour/default.htm