Deploy IEAK

From: Eugenio Cebollero (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/13/04

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    Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 06:06:39 -0700

    Greetings Byron. I am in your exact position. The answer
    to your question is "yes." I answer that very loosely
    because I have yet to experience any real success
    attempting to make IE modifications to the clients on our
    network.

    If you have Active Directory I would suggest you go that
    route. Otherwise, download IEAK6 SP1 and acquaint yourself
    with the Profile Manager portion. (It looks much like the
    System Policy Editor interface.) You'll need an IIS server
    to function as the distribution point.

    The non-tech explanation of how it works is that you will
    essentially create customized .ins files along with
    IE .cab files. In your clients' browser their "Auto
    Config. Script" will point to the .ins or "Install.ins"
    config file on the IIS server. Somehow the end user's
    browser is supposed to magically respond to this new file
    and all settings will be updated. I have had very limited
    success. For example, the browser title bar or homepage
    will set where I want it to, but the nitty gritty
    important stuff like "Restricted Sites" or "Trusted Sites"
    don't change accordingly.

    As with most MS products, your mileage will vary. I'd be
    interested to learn of your results. No one else in this
    IEAK6 forum tends to actually use IEAK6.

    Hopefully this is enough info to get you started.

    Eugenio

    >-----Original Message-----
    >I have a client that has 900 Windows XP workstations that
    were deployed
    >using a Ghost image. We need to make some changes to the
    IE configuration
    >on all of those workstations (such as adding sites to the
    list of Trusted
    >Sites) and was wondering if it is possible to use IEAK to
    do this? How do
    >we deploy IEAK to manage the current install base of IE?
    >
    >
    >.
    >

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