Lotus Notes: fix single signon issue

Lotus Notes: fix single signon issue

The single signon service for Lotus Notes can fail. When it does the chances are that this registry issue is the cause.

Run Regedit and go to:
My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvide\Order

there is a value called "npnotes".

Move this value in front of the "WebClient" value.

Firefox 4 & iNotes

Firefox 4 and iNotes

Having tried out firefox 4 on 7, XP and Ubuntu I have to say that I'm impressed. However, I've found that loading up the webmail part of Lotus Notes, iNotes, does not appear possible in the new version.

We run Notes 8.5.2 Fixpack 1: so we are up to date: but when you go into your inbox you get an error message and cannot view your mails.

Lotus Notes Client Version 8.52

Lotus Notes Client Version 8.52

So far I've been very pleased with the small improvements in reliability on this version of the client. I had patch 4 on the 8.51 version and that had helped a bit but this new version seems very good.

Issues with the Lotus Notes Client

I've always tried to stay up to date with the many updates to the Lotus Notes client. We are now running 8.5.1 fixpack 4, but I have found some shortcomings that are annoying.

On 64 bit windows 7 machines the notes single logon does not work, we can move to their new "preferred" method (shared login) via a policy file, but this does not update the password for web access, and the shared login feature has to be manually removed first.

Also on 64 bit: when you try to drag the notes icon from the desktop onto the task bar: it does not stick. A minor point granted: but how come it always seems to be this client that is the last to conform to accepted standards?