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Using Group Policy to configure Firefox
I am looking to possibly replace my IE install base with Firefox 1.0. One nice thing about IE is that it is easily configured within AD's Group Policies. I was wondering if there is an easy way to create a policy that would configure Firefox for my users - specifically, proxy settings, software updates, etc.
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You can find an MSI installer file at the MozillaZine forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=138033&sid=42e903fcae0f8f25a49acf8e70071f13
You can use that to deploy the browser in AD. But, like luv2smile said, there is currently no way to control Firefox with group policies.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=138033&sid=42e903fcae0f8f25a49acf8e70071f13
You can use that to deploy the browser in AD. But, like luv2smile said, there is currently no way to control Firefox with group policies.
Ah, so there is an MSI installer out there somewhere for firefox...thanks for providing that...I figured one should be out there somewhere by now.
Here's what I recommend:
1. Install FireFox 1.0 on a system and tweak it as you desire. Then, note all the places changes were made and what those changes were. You can use FileMon and RegMon from www.sysinternals.com if need be or just read the documentation for FireFox if that helps. I don't know.
2. Download and install the NSIS installer from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
3. Create your own NSIS install package with FireFox and the settings.
You have a lot of work ahead. It's possible that if you note the changes made via the tweaks you could setup a custom group policy that does what you want, but I'm not sure about that.
---Dan---
1. Install FireFox 1.0 on a system and tweak it as you desire. Then, note all the places changes were made and what those changes were. You can use FileMon and RegMon from www.sysinternals.com if need be or just read the documentation for FireFox if that helps. I don't know.
2. Download and install the NSIS installer from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
3. Create your own NSIS install package with FireFox and the settings.
You have a lot of work ahead. It's possible that if you note the changes made via the tweaks you could setup a custom group policy that does what you want, but I'm not sure about that.
---Dan---
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