Secure LDAP will only work with Integrated Windows Authentication in Server 2008 R2 and later. Note: Negotiate authentication is not supported in versions of Firefox prior to 2006. Setting Up Windows Authentication: 1. Open Firefox. In the URL field type ' About:Config'. I have recently setup a development 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Host Server to test Firefox ESR 10.0.3. I can set the options to not check for updates and that works correctly. However a standard user seems to be able to go to Helpabout and the application auto updates. I am slightly concerned about this being an Enterprise server. Moreover, when you download from mail.com, Firefox comes packed full of features to take your internet browsing to the next level. Exclusive mail.com Mozilla Firefox features. Firefox is one of the most popular and highly regarded internet browsers out there, and for good reason. If you are giving end users full system access once they remote onto the server, they might be able to side step it, but through GPOs or third party tools you could lock it down. Ideally, you would only allow remote access to key apps which would be your target client apps and the web browser, single app RDP sessions is built in to Server 2008. However now I've got a Terminal Server with a full C drive due to firefox's cache filling up the hard drive. There is a Group Policy setting that tells IE to empty it's cache @ logout, but I can't.
I have windows server 2008 r2 enterprise and windows 7 machines. I have firefox 4.0.1 currently deploying through group policy to the windows 7 machines.
I know how to create a login script. I have created a batch file to make firefox default, but does anyone know how to run the command without creating a requires elevation (admin privileges) prompt, since it has to start firefox.exe?
Login batch:
You might want to look at achieving this via two separate methods, i.e. one to set FF as default, the other to launch it at login.
That said, in case you want to know, default browser setting is stored in the registry under
Use your preferred method for setting registry entries (with your server and client systems you can do this directly in group policy without scripting, or you can use a batch script to import the registry key, or you can use Powershell to edit the registry directly. Take your pick). For editing the user portion of the registry (HKCU rather than HKLM) elevated permissions are not required.
There is a system default stored in the same place under HKLM, but the user preference takes priority.
Mark Henderson♦Another thing I noticed is that in an GPO setting the correct code will be different depending on whether or not the client's computer will be using 32-bit vs 64-bit.
The Path:
If you set it via a GPO registry setting you will need to target the particular machine. Server Fault has a page on how to do this.
Basically you will:
Mozilla Firefox is a free, open source, cross-platform, graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation and hundreds of volunteers. The browser began as a fork of the Navigator component of the Mozilla Application Suite; Firefox has since become the foundation's main development focus (along with its Thunderbird mail and news client), and has replaced the Mozilla Suite as their official main software release.
Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and an integrated search system that uses the user's desired search engine. Functions can be added through add-ons created by third-party developers, the most popular of which include the NoScript JavaScript disabling utility, Tab Mix Plus customizer, FoxyTunes media player control toolbar, Adblock Plus ad blocking utility, StumbleUpon (website discovery), Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer (bookmark synchronizer), DownThemAll! download enhancer, and Web Developer toolbar.
Firefox Features: