Let me rephrase the question. Does IE *have* to be the rendering engine?
If yes, why? Are you testing IE's (a client's) ability to render a server response correctly, or are you really trying to monitor the server itself? There's likely a big difference here in terms of what is easy to do and what is not. On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > *Received:* Thursday, 31 Oct 2013, 6:45pm > *To:* [email protected] [[email protected]] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: test IE uptime? > > 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 >> >> >> > >
