Posts Tagged Internet Explorer 7
Command Line Administration of IE 7 and 8
I found a list of interesting dll handle calls for the administration of internet explorer tasks. These lines can be used via batch file, login script. Kaseya or right from the run prompt. They are kind of useful to run as scheduled tasks too to reduce build up of temp files and history on computers automatically.
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Change The Default Internet Explorer Homepage
I have a chunk of registry tweaks I run on new computers, this is one of them. It changes the internet explorer homepage to www.google.com, though you can use anything you like in place of google, perhaps a intranet page?
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain]
“Start Page”=”www.google.com“
Simple but powerful, and can be merged to the registry silently using regedit /s, or added to a list of registry hacks.
To use this with kaseya import the below script, change the red to your best practice and away you go.
Script Description: Set Default Page on Iternet Explorer.
IF User Is Logged In
Parameter 1 :
THEN
Set Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMainStart Page
Parameter 2 : http://www.google.com
Parameter 3 : REG_SZ
OS Type : 0
ELSE
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Internet Explorer 7 Search Provider Import/Export
I recently came across a computer that for no good reason would seem to allow me to change or add a search provider. When I would attempt to add a provider to the search bar (since google is tons better than the default; windows live) it would cause a fatal exception and close Internet Explorer. After a ton of searching, I could not find this anywhere on the internets so i think it is worth posting here.
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