[THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE

  • From: "M" <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:29:09 -0000

I cannot disagree and its not something i wasnt aware of. :¬)
I had considered it and i'd mentioned this twice in earlier posts (28/10/2005 
see below).

What i didnt do was state the reasons why ... performance/features/griping 
users.
Ive got 2000 plus users to roll this out to who are mainly pc users and they 
are not used to having locked down sessions. 
I went through a load of grief with Lotus Notes 5.12 which did pretty much the 
same thing when opening attachments. I sorted out that pain in the backside by 
migrating to Notes 6.5.4 and making a simple Notes.ini change.

Regards
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Wood 
  To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:10 AM
  Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


  fair enough, but at least one answer is 'yes, if you move the local settings 
directory' ;) 

  Quite happy for you to hold out for something better - just wanted to check 
you hadn't missed this one out :)



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  From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of M
  Sent: 31 October 2005 23:26
  To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


  Hi Andrew,

  I am trying to avoid doing that. Hence my questions to see if anyone had 
overcome what im seeing.

  Regards
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Andrew Wood 
    To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:55 PM
    Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


    Have you moved the local settings folder, which should contain the IE 
temporary files and the personal temp, which should cover what you need?


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    From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of M
    Sent: 31 October 2005 22:17
    To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


    For other apps apart from IE yes i agree.
    Folder redirection is working fine.
    IE ignores folder redirection when you open an embedded doc in a web page.

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Jeff 
      To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 5:43 PM
      Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


      By redirecting My Documents and then making My Documents the default save 
location, the user will not be accessing a drive letter and documents will go 
to the desired location. 


      On 10/28/05, M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
        Hi Roger,

        Im doing the same thing apart from using Res Powerfuse and i hide
        drives/restrict drives using a GPO. 
        Because of the drive restriction a locked down user will have the
        Aministrator has restricted etc etc message. They can then select the 
drive
        letter required after clicking Ok.

        Similar behaviour is found with Outlook with attachments and restricted 
        drives. The work around for that is to specifiy the secure temp file 
with a
        reg hack or custom policy.



        ----- Original Message -----
        From: "Roger Riggins" < roger.riggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
        To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:00 PM
        Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


        I redirect my docs to their home drive. I hide access to all drives
        except for designated mapped drives and the home drive. I'm using
        PowerFuse to hide the drives and not GPO, though.

        When they try to download in IE, they are able to select any of the 
        drives that aren't restricted.

        Is this what you're after?

        Roger Riggins
        Network Administrator
        Lutheran Services in Iowa
        w: 319.859.3543
        c: 319.290.5687
        http://www.lsiowa.org 



        -----Original Message-----
        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
        Behalf Of M 
        Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:53 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE

        Thanks for the replies but i was trying to avoid having to do re direct 
        the
        Temporary Internet Files folder (see below)

        Regards

        ----- Original Message -----
        From: "Michel Roth" <mrdizzz@xxxxxxxxx>
        To: < thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:10 AM
        Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE


        Don't know about changing default download folder, I do know that you
        can redirect the Temp Int FIles via a reg edit (I don't recall it 
        being available from w2k folder redirection GPO's).

        Go to
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Us
        er
        Shell Folders" and look the the "cache"  entry. 

        HTH,
        Michel Roth
        www.thincomputing.net

        2005/10/28, M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
        > I don't think ive explained myself properly. 
        >
        > IE stores files in the temp internet files folder when it downloads
        them.
        > I restrict server drive letters via GPO.
        > User attempts to open or save a word doc/PDF file from a web page
        after 
        > clicking on the hypertext link.
        > Due to the restrict drive access GPO the usual pop up box explaining
        that
        > the administrator has blocked access.
        > What im trying to do is force the download to saved to the users home 
        folder
        > rather than the local Temporary internet files folder.
        > You can do with this Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and Outlook.
        >
        > Anyone doing this successfully ?
        >
        >
        > ----- Original Message ----- 
        > From: George Yobst
        > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:34 PM
        > Subject: [THIN] Re: Mind going ... is this possible with IE
        > 
        > We only allow access to the A: drive (via a GPO).  Could you do that
        and
        > remap it?
        > -George
        >
        >
        > On 10/27/05, M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
        > >
        > > Is anyone else allowing users to download files via IE ? ie word
        docs
        and
        > PDf files on local Intranets ?
        > > I cant believe im the only person restricting access to drive 
        letters.
        > > Anyone ?
        > >
        > >
        > >
        > > ----- Original Message -----
        > > From: M
        > > To: Thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        > > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:20 PM 
        > > Subject: [THIN] Mind going ... is this possible with IE
        > >
        > >
        > > Im having one of those days today and im having a mental relapse.
        > >
        > > I hate allowing anyone to be able to download a thing with IE but 
im 
        > forced to compromise for a certain group.
        > >
        > > Users have GPO's applied to hide and restrict access to the OS
        drives.
        > > They want to be able to visit a web site and save documents to 
their 
        home
        > drive letter. I have added a policy to set the IE download folder to
        the
        > user home drive.
        > > Is this possible without redirecting Temporary Internet Folders a
        home
        > drive or turning off the restrict drive access 
        > >
        > > I can get round the temp folders issue for Lotus Notes 6.5.4 and
        Outlook
        > attachments but didnt think it was possible for IE.
        > >
        > > Anyone got this working ?
        > > 
        > > Regards
        > >
        >
        >
        >
        > --
        >
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