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Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit README
Version 5.0 - February 1999
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(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.
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CONTENTS
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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://<YourServer>/Windows/IE/tour/default.htm