Firefox Distribution

Hiya all-
I'm working on a test environment where the user logs in to NDS and is
then auto-logged into Win2K as "user" and not administrator. I'm hoping
to move to this sort of environment in an effort to cut down on
Ad/Spyware, and to keep rogue apps like IM's from being installed.
As part of our defense against Ad/Spyware, I'm trying to distribute
Mozilla Firefox to a test machine.
I've tried attacking it from a variety of directions, and found several
less than specific suggestions and threads out there, but I just can't
seem to get it to install properly. I'm sure I'm missing somthing easy,
but has anyone out there succesfully delivered Firefox via the app launcher?
Your help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Brandt

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=26240
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=20271
that might help as well
so has anyone created a full install with plugins/company customized
skin/etc for multiuser (assuming possible target machines get used by more
than 1 login) that would be easily updatable to the next version?
Thanks,
Keith V. Klenke
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you know there is a site that may be of some use. A
lot of people who work with Novell products, and are VERY good with
implementations and troubleshooting, frequent the site. You can find it at:
http://www.abend.org
"Brandt R. Krueger" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:D9J%c.4537$[email protected]..
> Hiya all-
>
> I'm working on a test environment where the user logs in to NDS and is
> then auto-logged into Win2K as "user" and not administrator. I'm hoping
> to move to this sort of environment in an effort to cut down on
> Ad/Spyware, and to keep rogue apps like IM's from being installed.
>
> As part of our defense against Ad/Spyware, I'm trying to distribute
> Mozilla Firefox to a test machine.
>
> I've tried attacking it from a variety of directions, and found several
> less than specific suggestions and threads out there, but I just can't
> seem to get it to install properly. I'm sure I'm missing somthing easy,
> but has anyone out there succesfully delivered Firefox via the app
launcher?
>
> Your help would be greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
> Brandt

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*http://mike.kaply.com/2013/05/06/dont-unpack-and-repack-omni-jar/
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There's a special Flash plug-in supplied with the Intel-Macs because the distribution version of Flash is not Intel-Mac compatible. The other programs will all run via Rosetta. There is a universal-binary version of Firefox (it's not the standard Firefox distribution, rather a Deer Park variant.)
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*http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/26/customizing-firefox-distribution-ini/
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http://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/09/integrating-add-ons-into-firefox/
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Edited by: rkadaru on May 5, 2010 1:57 PM

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/Andy

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Other information:
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MSI push via Active Directory from Adobe 8.1.5 upgrade to Licensed Distribution I signed up for, Adobe 9.1.3 which was upgraded from 9.1.0, to 9.1.2, to 9.1.3 via an MSP patch.
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I think that about covers it. Anyone else experiencing the same problems or have a patch?

After troublshooting this for the entire day today the issue seems to be a MIME problem.
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Don't use "Set as Desktop". Use ''' "Save Image As..." ''' instead, and file it with your other "wallpaper" images so the operating system has access to those images.
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When I try to access certain listings on eBay I get the following message:
"Unfortunately, access to this particular listing or item has been blocked due to a Paris commercial court decision that bans trade of certain authentic perfumes and cosmetic products on eBay because of French selective distribution laws. eBay is appealing this ruling but is nevertheless required to enforce it. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to comply with this court decision. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of the decision because of limitations on existing technology."
eBay support told me it is because they think I am in France or because I am using a French ISP. I am in London and am using the British ISP, Bethere. What can I do to convince them that I am in England?
The URL quoted is just an example. It happens frequently with other listings.

This is what I get:
ISP: Be Un Limited
Organization: Be Un Limited
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Services: None Detected
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Alfas
I am using:
Firefox 3.0.1
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Ubuntu 8.04.1
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plugin and webstart are not yet available in 64bit jre distributions from Sun.
These are targeted to 6u12 or there abouts.
/Andy

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