SBS: Specific Settings for Internet Explorer Client Configuration

• Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server version 4.5

SUMMARY

BackOffice Small Business Server (SBS) 4.5 provides custom Internet communications settings during the installation of SBS client computers. The Setup Computer Wizard uses the Install.ins template source file to set custom options and configuration settings in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 during client installation.

By default, when Internet Explorer 5 is installed on a client computer, the automated client Setup process configures the browser with custom settings for SBS as follows:

• Adds the following pages to your collection of favorites:
  
  
  • Microsoft Small Business Web site
    http://www.microsoft.com/smallbiz
  
  
  
  • My Internet Home Page
    http://sbsserver
  
  
  
  • My Intranet Home Page
    http://sbsserver/intranet
  
  
  
  • SBS User Guide
    http://sbsserver/intranet/sbsclienthelp/default.asp
  
  
  



• Changes your home page to the SBS User Guide page when you first start Internet Explorer.



• Configures your client computer to use the SBS computer as a proxy server for Internet access, configuring all protocols to use and address of http://sbsserver and port 80.

Additional query words: smallbiz

Keywords          : kbenv kbsetup 
Version           : winnt:4.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: April 29, 1999