.INS File not fully implemented when MSIE loaded.

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NT4 network with >5000 NT4 Workstations (sp6)
IE6
INS and Branding Cab mounted with IEAK6 supported with IIS

I'm implementing a software that requires me to have the interface (In
Internet Explorer) be refreshed at each page view. This means modifying
a simple key in the registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\SyncMode5]

And setting the value to 3

It's pretty simple

It all works in theory

It works in my lab

Even had my eureka moment

Then I released it in the wild.

It doesn't work

But the file does get executed properly because certain settings get
changed. Such as:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start
Page]

So if I modify the homepage to blank and then execute the file, the
homepage gets modify to the one indicated in the ins file. But the
fastidious key

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\SyncMode5]

will not change. Thus leaving the Syncmode5 to the 4 level and the
desired 3.

Here is the INS file with some editing.

**************************************************************************************

[Branding]
Language Locale=en
Language ID=1033
Window_Title_CN=[SNIPED]
Window_Title=Microsoft Internet Explorer fourni par [SNIPED]
FavoritesOnTop=1
Platform=2
CabsURLPath=http://[SNIPED]/IE6_CFG
InsVersion=2007.01.11.00
ProfMgrVersion=6.00.2800.1106
Type=2
NoLinks=1
FavoritesDelete=0xB08F
AutoConfig=1 AutoDetect=1 AutoConf...ifference." -Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
 
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Any help as to why the SYNCMODE5 isn't being overwritten would be
greatly appreciated.
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Check with RegMon? One guess would be that failing machines have
various security programs installed which could be preventing that
and other registry updates.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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NT4 network with >5000 NT4 Workstations (sp6)
IE6
INS and Branding Cab mounted with IEAK6 supported with IIS

I'm implementing a software that requires me to have the interface (In
Internet Explorer) be refreshed at each page view. This means modifying
a simple key in the registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\SyncMode5]

And setting the value to 3

It's pretty simple

It all works in theory

It works in my lab

Even had my eureka moment

Then I released it in the wild.

It doesn't work

But the file does get executed properly because certain settings get
changed. Such as:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start
Page]

So if I modify the homepage to blank and then execute the file, the
homepage gets modify to the one indicated in the ins file. But the
fastidious key

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\SyncMode5]

will not change. Thus leaving the Syncmode5 to the 4 level and the
desired 3.

Here is the INS file with some editing.
Click to expand...

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Robert said:
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Check with RegMon? One guess would be that failing machines have
various security programs installed which could be preventing that
and other registry updates.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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Yes I did

It only reports IEXPLORE.EXE as making the change. Nothing else.

All machines are clones. Image versions may vary slightly.

But why would it prevent from writing in one key and not in the other?
 
DAVE said:
Robert Aldwinckle wrote:
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Yes I did

It only reports IEXPLORE.EXE as making the change. Nothing else.
Click to expand...


Perhaps your filters were too tight?

All machines are clones. Image versions may vary slightly.

But why would it prevent from writing in one key and not in the other?
Click to expand...


What I was thinking of is permissions. Depending on your RegMon filters
and how the program used a key, you might see signs in a trace,
e.g. Access denied, that the user involved was not allowed to change
the key's values. Etc.


Robert
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