Working with multiple IEAK profiles

You must first determine the specific number of IEAK profiles (.ins files) you need—for example, one for each user and one for each group. Then you can create and edit the IEAK profile.

  1. Open the sample IEAK profile, peruser.ins, in the INS Editor and make any changes to the default settings.
  2. Save the revised file as default.ins.
  3. When a user logs on and runs setup for your customized browser, Internet Explorer first looks for an individual .ins file for that user. If it does not find one, it uses the settings in the Default.ins file. Copy the default.ins file to a network-accessible folder. When you are running the wizard, specify the path to this folder when it is requested.
  4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each profile you want.
  5. Save each file as UserID.ins. For example, if a user’s logon name is PatD, the profile name would be PatD.ins. You do not have to create an individual IEAK profile for each user.
Note: For more information, see The INS Reference.


Specifying group IEAK profiles

You can also specify small group settings in group IEAK profiles, which can be specified in a per-user profile. For example, if PatD belongs to the Finance group, you can also create a Finance.ins file that contains group settings, which override the settings in the per-user .ins file.

It is also possible to specify a group (.ins) profile in the master profile. If both the master profile and the per-user profile specify a group profile, the settings in the per-user .ins file override the settings in the master .ins file.

In general, settings in the group IEAK profile override those in the master IEAK profile, and settings in the per-user .profile override those in either the group or master profiles.

If you want to use a group profile (.ins file), make sure the [Branding] section in the user profile contains the following lines: 

groupins=<group ins file name>
Peruserins=1

For example, for a Finance group profile, the lines would read as follows: 

groupins=E:\INS\FINANCE.INS
Peruserins=1

Note: If you specify any add-on component settings during initial installation or in a global or group profile, you cannot change them by using per-user profile settings. For more information about specifying group .ins settings, see the INS reference guide.