Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I like to give my users choices when it comes to web browsers. All of our computers at HHS have both Internet Explorer and Netscape\/Mozilla installed on them.<\/p>\n
When we switched our Windows based machines to Windows XP, I noticed something I hadn’t expected for my installations of Netscape\/Mozilla: the browser preferences were not global. Each user had their own set of custom preferences — things like proxy server settings, registration, wallet, etc. In some cases, like the proxy settings, I wanted the settings to be the same for every user. After a bit of digging, I found my answer.<\/p>\n
Netscape\/Mozilla include a set of preferences files that the user preferences are based off of. The most important file is called all.js. It is a text file located in the the Netscape\/Mozilla folder. It’s exact location will vary slightly depending on whether you are in Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. If you open this file with a text editor, you can edit it and change the default behavior for all users for certain parameters.<\/p>\n
In my case, we are mostly still using Netscape 7.1. I edited the all.js file so that it forced the proxy server settings for all users and also so it never asked them to register with the Netscape.com site. Very useful.<\/p>\n
–Pete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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