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Inactivity Timer starting at browser open

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:10 am
by CMGeorge
We are testing PWB IE 3.0.5.2. We're using the Inactivity Timer to restart the browser on inactivity.

We have the setting "InactivityStartOnOpen" set to False, but the timer still starts every time the browser restarts, meaning it's constantly restarting over and over. (For our planned implementation, we have a very short inactivity timer, so the restarting is very noticeable and very distracting.)

We tried setting StartTimersOnMouseKeyboard to True, but that didn't change anything.

Is there anything we can do to get the Inactivity Timer not to start every time the browser loads?

Our INI is as follows:
[AutoRegister]
RegisterKey=
RegisterPassword=
RegisterDaysLeft=30
RegisterSeconds=15
RegisterShowWindow=False
UseWindowsRegistry=False
RegisterDelayClose=False

[Browser]
RegisteredTo=Unregistered
RegistrationNumber=
IniFileVersion=3.05
Title=Public Web Browser v3
HomePage=https://example.net/
StartMaximized=True
WindowHeight=
WindowWidth=
WindowTop=
WindowLeft=
DisableMinimizeButton=False
DisableMaximizeButton=False
DisableCloseButton=False
DisableMoveWindow=False
DisableResizeWindow=False
SecureMode=False
DisableExit=False
ConfirmClose=False
ExitPage=
SaveState=False
RemoveStateOnClose=True
DisableAutoComplete=False
UseIEFavorites=False
TabHomePage=
AlwaysOnBottom=False
DisableGPURendering=True
AddressBarReadOnly=False
ShowAddressBar=False
ShowStatusBar=True
ShowActivityTimer=True
ShowInactivityTimer=True
ShowStatusBarIcons=True
DefaultZoomLevel=150
ShowNavigationBar=True
ShowToolbar=True
DisableNewWindow=False
DisableNewTab=False
DisableNewWindowInit=False
StartTimersOnMouseKeyboard=True
KioskMode=False
EnableTheaterMode=False
HideCursor=False
ShowTitleBar=False
DisableCtrlEnter=False
DisableTabClose=False
DisableScrollBars=False
ShowShellBar=False
ShowStatusBarTime=True
StatusBarTimeFormat=
StatusBarTimeWidth=
SecureModeDelayStart=
DisableDynamicMenus=False
DisableSingleWordSearch=False
DisableLastTabCloseWindow=True
MapOpenToAddressBar=True
CommandLineHomePage=False
ShowKioskBar=False
AlwaysOnTop=False
CheckAlwaysOnTop=False
CheckOpenIE=False
CheckOpenCEF=False
SetFocusTab=
TabWidth=
DisableShowLastTab=True
EnableLargeTabs=False

[SecondWindow]
StartMaximized=True
WindowHeight=
WindowWidth=
WindowTop=
WindowLeft=
DefaultZoomLevel=150
MaintainZoom=False
DisableUnrequested=False
DisableShiftClick=False
OpenInParentWindow=False
AlwaysOnTop=False
DisableMinimizeButton=False
DisableMaximizeButton=False
DisableMoveWindow=False
DisableResizeWindow=False
DisableTitleBar=False
ShowNavigationBar=True
ShowAddressBar=False
ShowKioskBar=False
ShowToolBar=True
ShowStatusBar=True
ShowShellBar=False
EnableFullScreenWindow=False
NewPageAsHome=False

[ToolBars]
ShowButtontext=False
NavigationBarBreak=False
NavigationBarGripper=True
NavigationBarWidth=
ToolBarBreak=False
ToolBarGripper=True
ToolbarWidth=
AddressBarBreak=True
AddressBarGripper=True
AddressBarWidth=
ShellBarBreak=False
ShellBarGripper=True
ShellBarWidth=
AlignBottom=False
AlignLeft=False
KioskBarScrollBy=

[Printer]
ShowPrintButtonDialog=False
ForcePrintPreview=False
ShowPrintingDialog=False
PrintingMessageFile=

[Dialogs]
DialogSeconds=15
AlwaysOnTop=True
ShowPopupMessage=True

[Files]
FavoritesFolder=Favorites
ShellbarFolder=Shellbar
KioskbarFolder=
HistoryFile=History.txt
CheckURLFile=URL.txt
CheckOnTopFile=
AccessMessageFile=Access.html
ConfirmCloseMessageFile=
PolicyFile=
PolicyDeclineScript=
StartupScript=
ShutdownScript=
PasswordFile=
PopupOnButtonFile=
PopupOffButtonFile=
NewWindowInitFile=
CheckOpenIEFile=
FilterDLL=
SaveAsErrorMessageFile=
ExecuteFilterFile=

[WebFiles]
EnableWebFiles=False
CheckURLFile=

[Directories]
SaveAsDirectory=
DownloadDirectory=

[Security]
StationEnvironmentVariable=COMPUTERNAME
UseUniqueHistoryFiles=False
WriteHistoryFile=False
TrackURL=False
CheckURLAccess=True
ShowAccessDialog=True
LogAccess=False
ClearCacheOnClose=True
DisableContextMenu=True
UseCustomContextMenu=True
OnlyAccessHTTP=False
RestartOnClose=False
DisableFileDownload=True
AllowBrowseOnDeny=False
OnlyAccessInternet=True
DebugAccessString=False
LogDeniedAccess=False
ShowPolicyDialog=False
RestrictFileDownload=False
EnableSecurityBand=True
SetPWBAsDefault=False
ShowFilterStatus=False
FilterOnText=<Filter On>
FilterOffText=<Filter Off>
ShowPasswordDialog=
Password=
RebootOnExit=False
LogOffOnExit=False
EnableAlternateOverrideKeys=False
CheckURLMainFrameOnly=True
AccessURLRedirect=
SecondInstanceNavigateCurrent=False
DisableSecondInstance=False
CheckExecuteAccess=False
FilterIgnoreEmpty=True

[Overrides]
ExitBrowser=
Logoff=
Shutdown=
DisableFilters=
ShowAddressBar=
ReReadINIFile=
OverrideURLKeyword=

[Java]
EnableExternalJava=False
JavaExit=
JavaActivity=
JavaRegister=
JavaHideToolbar=
JavaExecute=
JavaReadINIFile=
JavaPrint=
JavaHideAddressBar=
JavaOverrides=
JavaStartApp=
JavaSetActivity=
JavaGetActivity=

[Inactivity]
InactivityTimer=True
InactivitySeconds=30
InactivityMessageFile=Inactivity.html
InactivityAction=Exit
InactivityStartOnOpen=False
InactivityShowDialog=False
ResetOnMouseMove=True
ResetOnMouseButton=True
ResetOnKeyboard=True

[Activity]
ActivityTimer=False
ActivitySeconds=1200
ActivityMessageFile=
ActivityAction=Exit
ActivityWarnAt=
ActivityWarnMessageFile=
ActivityStartOnOpen=FALSE
ActivitySecondWarnAt=
ActivitySecondWarnMessageFile=

[Proxy]
UseCustom=False
ProxyEnable=
ProxyServer=
ProxyOverride=
AutoConfigURL=

[PageSetup]
UseCustom=False
Footer=&u&b&d
Header=&w&bPage &p of &P
MarginBottom=0.75000
MarginLeft=0.75000
MarginRight=0.75000
MarginTop=0.75000
Duplex=1
Orientation=1

[Buttons]
Back=False
Forward=False
Stop=True
Refresh=True
Home=True
Favorites=False
Menu=False
New=False
NewTab=False
Popup=False
Save=False
Cut=False
Copy=False
Paste=False
Zoom=True
Find=False
Print=False
PrintPreview=False
Policy=False

[MenuItems]
AppOpenIETab=False
AppOpen=
AppPrint=True
AppPrintPreview=True
AppZoom=True
AppZoomNormal=True
AppZoomIncrease=True
AppZoomDecresase=True
AppSeparator1=True
AppProperties=True
AppSeparator2=False
AppPolicy=False

[ContextMenu]
Spelling=True
Back=True
Forward=True
Separator0=True
OpenLink=True
OpenLinkTab=True
OpenLinkNew=True
SaveTarget=True
PrintTarget=True
Separator1=True
ShowPicture=True
SavePicture=True
SetWallPaper=True
SetDeskTopItem=False
Separator2=True
Cut=True
Copy=True
CopyShortcut=True
Paste=True
Search=True
Separator3=True
Encoding=True
Separator4=True
Print=True
Refresh=True
Separator5=False
Properties=False

[KioskButtons]
Back=True
Forward=True
Stop=True
Refresh=True
Home=True
Print=True
ZoomIncrease=True
ZoomNormal=True
ZoomDecrease=True
ScrollUp=True
ScrollDown=True
CloseTab=True
Close=True

[MultipleHomeTabs]

[TabNamesForced]

[Addons]

[HighLight]
EnableHighLight=False
ISBNFontAttributes=COLOR=#0000ff STYLE="background-color:#ffff00"
ISBNLinkAttributes=href=http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_ ... isbn=%ISBN%
ISBNTitleAttributes=Search for %ISBN%

Re: Inactivity Timer starting at browser open

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:02 am
by Scott
What is your home page set to?

In cases like this most of the time the home page is redirecting which looks like a navigation to PWB resulting in the inactivity timer starting. To correct this set the home page to the page that the original home page redirects to.

For example, "http://google.com" redirects to "https://www.google.com/". Setting the home page to "https://www.google.com/" instead of "http://google.com" will prevent the inactivity timer from starting.

--Scott