Does IE have to be the rendering engine?
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: > If there's a cost associated, that may be ok. There really isn't a > budget allocated for this but if it's cheaper to buy a software than me > writing some scripts that might be a better way to go. > > You provide some great keywords to do some searching on thanks! > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] > *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 5:56pm > *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? > > Well, the basic concept you are looking at is “end user experience > monitoring”, as opposed to “component monitoring” (e.g. a server or hard > disk) or “service monitoring” (e.g. is a website up) > > > > There’s plenty of third party products out there that can simulate client > actions – usually via an agent installed on the remote machine. Or you do a > “poor man’s” job and do this yourself with a bit of scripting. I assumed > you wanted the latter since you didn’t mention any existing tools you have > or any budget. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Tran > *Sent:* Friday, 1 November 2013 11:45 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? > > > > I will look in to that. Any other ideas? > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Ken Schaefer [[email protected]] > *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 5:30pm > *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? > > Write a little script (e.g. using VBScript and ServerXMLHTTP object) that > makes the same HTTP request? You can then log the details to a log file to > later analyse. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Jimmy Tran > *Sent:* Friday, 1 November 2013 11:21 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] test IE uptime? > > > > I’ve been tasked with determining a way to document if a web page in IE > errors out. Basically, the page will refresh every 10 seconds with updated > data. I need to find a way to see if the page comes back with a page error > or not. Any ideas out there? These tests will be performed at kiosks that > have no management that have poor internet connectivity. > > > > All I can currently measure is system up time, not internet connectivity > uptime or page errors in IE. > > > > TIA > > > > Jimmy > > >

