[WEB4LIB] RE: PWB, SetBrowser, and IE

[Jacque King]

Scott Vermeersch has solved the eternal mystery!  I have been struggling
with the question:  How do I keep users from intentionally or
inadvertently launching Internet Explorer when my default browser is set
to PWB?

Well, today I've tested Scott's new .dll for controlling IE and it works
like a charm!  I don't know of another browser developer who is this
responsive to customer requests and who is so knowledgeable of the issues
that arise for those of us who provide support to public computer users.

Scott has developed a great product and it just keeps getting better.
Kudos to Scott and PWB!

With sincere gratitude,

Jacque King
Library Technical Support Specialist
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson Street
Fort Collins, CO  80524
(970) 221-6716
king at julip.fcgov.com


On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Vermeersch, Scott M. wrote:

> TeamSoftware Solutions has posted a free Browser Helper Object called "ManageIE" on the download page that will close down Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer when a HTTP server is accessed. This DLL prevents IE from running even when a URL is typed into a Word document.
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> http://www.TeamSoftwareSolutions.com
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> Scott Vermeersch
> Computer Systems Analyst
> Mayo Medical Library
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Sloan [mailto:ssloan at bocalibrary.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] PWB, SetBrowser, and IE
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> We are using Public Web Browser and IE 5.5 SP2 on Windows 2000 machines. However, we've been seeing that patrons can get out of PWB and into straight IE. We now use the SetBrowser utility, but patrons still get around that. Someone from another listserv recommended removing or renaming the iexplore.exe file (works in Win 9.x), but in W2k the file simply reappears/replicates itself no matter what I do. Any suggestions?
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> Thanks,
> Susan Sloan
> Boca Raton Public Library
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