JDE IE Recommended Settings

I just got back from the snow! Had an awesome time snowboarding in Thredbo.

I thought I'd quickly post this Group Policy ADM Template that I developed to configure Internet Explorer with some settings recommended by Oracle and JDE for running their OneWorld Web Client.

; This policy template has been written to optimise the IE web client
; with Internet Explorer due to a limitation in this browser and the
; number of connections to the web server as per recommendations from
; Oracle for IE to interact with JDE
;
; The IE changes are used to change the number of connections to the
; server which can help to improve the performance of the web client
; and rendering of the menus.
;
; The CSV MIME Type is used to fix an issue when opening CSV files in
; the web client (please see Oracle documentation for further details).
;
; This is a System Policy template and does not use the preferred
; Group Policy method
;
; Refer to Microsoft TechNet article Q323639 for further information.
; Therefore these registry settings are permanent.
;
; When viewed via a Group Policy Object Editor, you must enable the view for system
; policies, which will appear as red icons as oppose to the standard blue ones.
;
; Windows 2000 Active Directory Group Policies:
; Click on Administrative Templates
; Righ click
; View >
; Select Show Policies Only so that it removes the tick.
;
; Windows 2003 Active Directory Group Policies:
; Click on Administrative Templates
; Righ click
; View >
; Select Filtering...
; Deselect Only show policy settings that can be fully managed
; so that it removes the tick.
; Select OK
;
;
;Developed by: Sean Bradley
;Contact info: Contact via http://draxonic.blogspot.com/
;Date last modified: 07/07/2009
;version: 1.0
;This file is provided AS IS for informational purposes to help assist other
;administrators in maintaining a high degree of client manageability.
;Be sure to fully test this in a lab environment PRIOR to implementation.
;The author makes no guarantee or warranty. IE: Use at your own risk.

CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "JDE Web Client Policies"
POLICY "CSV MIME Type"
KEYNAME "Software\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/csv"
EXPLAIN "Setting this policy fixes an issue when opening CSV files in the JDE web client."
PART "Set CSV MIME Type" CHECKBOX DEFCHECKED
VALUENAME "Extension"
VALUEON ".csv"
VALUEOFF ""
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY

CLASS USER
CATEGORY "JDE Web Client Policies"
POLICY "Increase Max Connections per Server"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
EXPLAIN "Setting this policy changes the number of connections to the server which can help to improve the performance of the web client and rendering of the menus in the JDE Web Client. Note that existing Internet Explorer Maintenance Policy Objects can be used to permit HTTP 1.1 over proxy conenctions."
PART "Increase Max Connections values" CHECKBOX DEFCHECKED
VALUENAME "MaxConnectionsPerServer"
VALUEON NUMERIC 10
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 3
ACTIONLISTON
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
VALUENAME "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server" VALUE NUMERIC 10
END ACTIONLISTON
ACTIONLISTOFF
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
VALUENAME "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server" VALUE NUMERIC 3
END ACTIONLISTOFF
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY