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- General – Configure the following general preferences. – General or Main Preferences Figure
- Startup home page display URL 2 value.
- File download processing, and save to directory location.
- Plugin management and preferences.
- Tabs – Configure Tab browsing settings.Tab Preferences figure
- Content – preferences - Web-page content browser settings.
- Block pop-up windows.
- Best practice is to enable Enable blocking pop-up windows, and only allow selected application web-sites to open pop-up windows.
- Enable "Load images automatically."
- Enable JavaScript
- Best practice is to general enable Enable JavaScript processing for web-sites, but if there is a doubt regarding the authenticity, functionality or trust-worthiness of a specific web-site then either disable JavaScript and proceed, or do not visit the web-site.
- Note OIT web applications utilize JavaScript in order to function correctly.
- Privacy Preferences.
- Privacy Preferences figure
- Security Disable Java / Do not select: "Enable Java."
- Block pop-up windows.
- Security Preferences figure
- Enable – "Warn me when sites try to install add-ons."
- Enable – "Block reported attack sites."
- Enable – "Block reported web forgeries."
- Disable – "Remember passwords for sites."
- Disable – "Use a master password."
- Advanced Settings Advanced Settings figure
2 URL – Uniform Resource Locator
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Start Google Chrome Web-Browser
- Open the Chrome web-browser option's window by selecting the "tools icon", which is the icon in upper right hand corner following the URL input line that looks like a wrench / spanner.
- Refer to this figure How-to open Chrome's options window
- Select Options and the Google Chrome Options window appears.
- Basics settings – Basic options window
- Personal Stuff settings
- Ignore setting the Sync options.
- Select the "Never save passwords" option.
- Select the "Disable AutoFill" option.
- Select the Content settings button and configure the following.
- Cookies Preferences
- Select "Ask me when a site tries to set cookie data."
- Select "Block all third-party cookies without exception."
- Select "Clear cookies and other site data when I close my browser."
- Image Preferences.
- Select "Show all images."
- Image Preferences.
- JavaScript Preferences
- Select "Allow all sites to run JavaScript"
- Enable JavaScript processing for web-sites, but if there is a doubt regarding the authenticity, functionality or trust-worthiness of a specific web-site then either disable JavaScript and proceed, or do not visit the web-site.
- Note OIT web applications utilize JavaScript in order to function correctly.
- Plug-ins Preferences
- Select "Allow all sites to use plug-ins."
- For increased security – Select "Do not allow any sites to use plug-ins." And create a web-site exceptions list that includes web-sites that need to run plug-ins to function correctly.
- Pop-ups window preferences
- Select "Do not allow any site to show pop-ups." – (i.e. Pop-up Window)
- Location Tracking Preferences
- Select "Ask me when a site tries to track my physical location."
- or Select "Do not allow any site to track my physical location."
