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- Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit README
- Version 5.5 - June 2000
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- (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 2000
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ieak
-
-
- For the most current information on browser issues, please refer to the online
- documentation that is installed with Internet Explorer 5.5.
-
- 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.
-
-
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- CONTENTS
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-
- WHAT'S NEW FOR IEAK 5.5
- GENERAL SETUP REQUIREMENTS
- KNOWN ISSUES
- CORPORATE ADMINISTRATORS
-
-
- WHAT'S NEW FOR IEAK 5.5
- =======================
-
- IEAK 5.5 includes:
-
-
- - User Rights Deployment. Corporate Administrators now have the ability to directly
- deploy Internet Explorer to Users without Administrator-level access. Using tools
- like SMS to initiate the install with Administrator privileges, a user can now
- login after the system restart and complete setup normally without the use of
- scripts or multiple reboots.
-
- - MSN Messenger Service Customization. Now you can incorporate the MSN Messenger
- Service into your installation. You can also make the customized version available
- as a standalone install.
-
- - More Robust Custom Component Installation. Now you can specify when a custom
- component gets installed and that it only install if the Internet Explorer install
- was successful.
-
- - SMS Status Reporting. Packages that are configured for SMS deployment are now able
- to report the status of installation to the SMS Server.
-
- - Desktop Management. Desktop and Quick Launch shortcuts like Outlook Express, "View
- Channels" and "Connect to the Internet" can now be eliminated from your users
- desktops to eliminate clutter and reduce support incidents.
-
-
- For a detailed list of new features and improvements, see 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 5.5.
-
- 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 on each of the Microsoft components, see IEAK Help.
-
-
- KNOWN ISSUES
- ============
-
- - Automatic detection does not work if you use an .ins file as the Web Proxy
- AutoDiscovery (WPAD) data file (wpad.dat).
-
- - According to the Help topic "Automatic Detection and Configuration of Browser
- Settings", the wpad.dat file can be a .pac, .jvs, .js, or .ins automatic configuration
- file. This is incorrect; the browser does not interpret an .ins file generated by
- the IEAK, but instead only interprets a renamed proxy automatic configuration file
- or a .pac, .jvs, or .js file.
- Workaround: Set up automatic detection as specified in the Help file. Specify the
- wpad.dat file as a redirector to your .ins file.
-
- To specify a redirection for wpad.dat in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS):
- 1. In the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), start Internet Service Manager.
- 2. Locate the wpad.dat file (usually located at the root of the Web server).
- 3. Right-click the wpad.dat file and click <Properties>. On the <File> tab, click
- <A redirection to a URL>. Browse to the .ins file, which can be located anywhere
- on the server.
-
- - During Kiosk mode signup, the Internet Connection Wizard could fall behind the Kiosk
- mode window on Windows 2000 computers.
-
- - When you import connection settings on a Windows 2000 computer, only settings which can
- be applied to any Win32 client will be imported.
-
- - When you import connection settings on a Windows 98 computer, if "Record a Log File for
- this Connection" is checked, the setting will not be imported into the package.
-
- - The newest version of CMAK is available in Windows 2000 Server or in the Windows 2000
- Admin Pack. To use an older version of CMAK if you do not have Windows 2000 server,
- you can install IEAK 5.01 and then upgrade to IEAK 5.5.
-
- - If you are upgrading from IEAK 4, the IEAK 4 Start Menu link will not be removed.
- You can remove it manually by browsing to the start menu directory and deleting the link.
-
- - End users running Windows 2000 cannot individually customize their install of the package.
- All Windows Update components will be installed.
-
- - If the .INS file resides on an https server, users with "Do not save encrypted pages to disk"
- previously set on their machine will be unable to complete sign-up.
-
- - 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 you use 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 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 build 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, do not
- disable Setup Customizations when building to an existing directory.
-
- - If you run 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.
-
- - In Microsoft 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 computer Outlook Express is installed on.
-
- - On Asian platforms, the Internet Explorer Customization Wizard may appear in a
- large font when the computer is first restarted. To resolve this issue, restart
- the computer again.
-
- - The ISP File Wizard, included in the IEAK Toolkit, will only install on a computer that
- has the Visual Basic 4.0 run-time components installed. It will install normally on a
- Windows 98 computer.
-
- - If you build a package for CD-ROM distribution, the autorun program provides a link to
- "More Information". You can customize this to display a text file. The text file
- must be smaller than 100k to display correctly.
-
- - If you choose to deploy channels with the package, your channel names must not contain
- a colon character.
-
-
- CORPORATE ADMINISTRATORS
- ------------------------
-
- - To be able to deploy Internet Explorer to users without admin-level access you should
- select "enable user access log on after restart" on the User Experience page of the
- IEAK Wizard. This option is only available to corporate administrators when the package
- is built only as a "flat" package - otherwise this option is not enabled.
-
- - If you enable User Rights Deployment, certain customizations will not be applied during setup
- for users without Administrator-level access on Windows 2000 and Windows NT4. These
- customizations must be deployed with Windows 2000 Group Policy or Windows NT4 Policy editor.
- More information available at http://ieak.microsoft.com
-
- - If you enable User Rights Deployment and select to install the Windows Desktop Update,
- users without administrator-level access who log on after setup on Windows 2000 will see two
- errors refering to "shdoc401.dll". Both errors and are not harmful and setup will continue
- after the user dismisses them. For information about avoiding these errors please consult
- http://ieak.microsoft.com
-
- - To install the Office 2000 Resource Kit on the same computer as IEAK 5.5,
- please follow these instructions carefully:
-
- If you HAVE NOT installed IEAK 5.5, you must:
- 1) install the Office 2000 Resource Kit (it will install an older IEAK)
- 2) install the IEAK 5.5 as an upgrade
-
-
- If you HAVE already installed IEAK 5.5, you must:
- 1) uninstall IEAK 5.5
- 2) install the Office 2000 Resource Kit (it will install an older IEAK)
- 3) reinstall IEAK 5.5 as an upgrade
-
- - Custom Components selected to "Install After System Restart" will not install on
- Windows Terminal Server.
-
- - If you are importing your current Active Desktop settings, have the Channel bar
- turned on, and are not including channels, the installed package will display an
- empty Channel bar on the desktop.
-
- - If you are distributing the Web Desktop Update on NT 4.0 workstations, and 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 you use the policy to only allow controls from trusted publishers, be aware that
- Internet Explorer Setup and automatic configuration with .cab files will not work if
- the .cab files are not signed and the publisher isn't in the trusted publisher list.
- Also, Automatic Install will not work when using this policy.
-
- - The Internet Explorer 5.5 Tour is available for customization in the IEAK Toolkit. To
- use the tour, run the tour.exe file in the Windows folder on your Web server. To link to
- the tour, use a URL in the following format:
- http://<YourServer>/Windows/IE/tour/default.htm
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