Prevent browser session from starting

Question

I've automated the installation of a workstation using SCCM. One of the applications that is installed during this process, automatically starts an IE browser session when it's done.
Is there a way to prevent the browser from starting? I tried to kill the process after it started using taskkill.exe in a script. It kills the proces, but when i start the browser after that, it generates the message that the browser hasn't been closed correctly
the last time.
If i can't prevent it, is there a way to close the browser in a correct way?

Answer 1

Hi,
It seems that Internet Explorer service runs at Logon. You can use msconfig.exe to check if it's enabled under Startup and Services.
Also, you can see if it will execute during Logon with autoruns.exe.
Here is an article which may help you.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2837026
To kill iexplorer process, you can run such command:
Get-Process iexplore | Foreach-Object { $_.CloseMainWindow() }
Andy Altmann
TechNet Community Support