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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