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Setting IE Home Page and Starting IE after User Logins Using Kaseya

Setting IE Home Page and Starting IE after User Logins Using Kaseya. Developed By: Paola Nunez Advisor : Dr. S. Masoud Sadjadi School of Computing and Information Sciences Florida International University pnune005@fiu.edu http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~sadjadi/ . Agenda. Problem and Motivation

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Setting IE Home Page and Starting IE after User Logins Using Kaseya

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  1. Setting IE Home Page and Starting IE after User Logins Using Kaseya Developed By: Paola Nunez Advisor : Dr. S. Masoud SadjadiSchool of Computing and Information SciencesFlorida International University pnune005@fiu.edu http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~sadjadi/

  2. Agenda • Problem and Motivation • Solution • Behind the Scene • Customizing the Solution • Disclaimer • Progress Report

  3. Problem and Motivation: • A company is trying to connect all office locations by installing a whole new intranet system • The system will work as a social media network within the company, where employees will be able to update project status, announce important news etc. • The operations officers have asked the IT department to have Internet Explorer open automatically to the new intranet site every time a user logs into their workstation

  4. Fig 2.1

  5. Solution • Using Kaseya, I will create a agent procedure that will open Internet Explorer with the new intranet web site as it’s default page, every time a user logs on into their work station

  6. Fig 2.2 1 2 4 3

  7. Behind the Scene • By adding the programs to the Run keys in the Registry • You can start a programs from executing at boot up by adding them to the run Keys in the Registry • The script goes to the Run Key • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Run • As the value data I entered the path to the executable file for Internet Explorer • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe

  8. Fig 2.3

  9. Customizing the Solution • Make Internet Explorer the default internet browser • Create an alert so the IT department knows whenever an user changes their default internet browser and default home page

  10. Disclaimer • Has only been tested on Windows XP Pro • If Internet Explorer executable file it’s expected location then agent procedure will not work • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplorer.exe • …

  11. Progress Report • Created script to open Internet Explorer whenever the user logs on, and sets the home page to the new intranet site • Currently testing on different computers • Find why the agent does not work on all workstations • Create a script to make Internet Explorer the default internet browser

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