Choose and Book is currently fully supported with Internet Explorer 6 and 7, and will be supported by Internet Explorer version 8 from release 4.3, due in April. The ActiveX control currently being distributed for Choose and Book R4.3 is configured to work with Internet Explorer only.

C&B recommends that steps are taken to prevent the browser choice pop-up from appearing to users.

Healthcare Computing have now created a downloadable script which will block the prompt window from appearing. We recommend that this script is downloaded and run on every workstation within GP Practices.

To view screenshots of this prompt window, please see our blog post on this topic at http://www.healthcarecomputing.co.uk/blog/index.php/archive/microsoft-browser-choice-prompt/

Instructions

To install the fix for this problem you MUST be logged onto Windows using an account with administrator rights. Contact your system administrator if you receive an 'Access Denied' error message.

Users of Terminal Servers should minimise or log off their remote session and apply this fix on their local system. Contact your system administrator for help in identifying your local desktop.

Download the Browser Prompt Blocker.

When prompted, click 'Run' to execute the blocker.

You will receive a message saying 'The operation completed successfully' when the blocker has finished. Then press any key to exit, and the fix has been applied.

Contact your system administrator if you receive an 'Access Denied' error message.