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Firefox Network Deployment Utilitiy

This utility will allow you to "Mass Install" (Deploy) Mozilla Firefox onto network computers, although before deploying, you may want to create a custom "bookmarks.html" file and possibly "Lock Down" certain Firefox settings.

I have created a guide to help you Lock Down Mozilla Firefox before you Utilize this Utility

Network Installation Script

These Scripts can be downloaded from: http://files.pcc-services.com/files/kixtart/

There are 2 different versions of this script. One does not include the Firefox installation files so you must install the current version of Firefox on a computer and copy the "Mozilla Firefox" directory (usually located at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox) into the "files" directory. Use this if you want a customized installation for your site, or if I haven't created an updated version yet. This version is simply called "Firefox_NetInstall.zip".

The other version is a complete Firefox install and should be in the form of "Firefox_version_NetInstall.zip", this version I would prefer you download with a Bittorrent client to help reduce bandwidth on my site, but is also on my mirror site. This install is a basic Firefox Install with the additons of:

  • Included "override.ini" file to disable "First Run Wizard" (this file includes the text:)
  • [XRE]
    EnableProfileMigrator=false
    [/align]
    	
  • Adjusted the Default Profile (defaults/profile/prefs.js) as follows:
  • user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
    user_pref("browser.download.defaultFolder", "P:\Downloads");
    user_pref("browser.search.selectedEngine", "Google");
    user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com");
    user_pref("font.size.fixed.x-western", 15);
    user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);	
    	
  • Disabled Firefox from Checking for Updates (Edit defaults/pref/firefox.js):
  • pref("app.update.enabled", false);
    	

    You may want to also create a bookmarks.html file and place it in the Default Profile folder (defaults/profile/).

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