Force IE Home Page with A/D Group Policy 1

[kleinicus]

Hello.
I have an OU called InternetDisable. I have a Group Policy associated with that OU that forces a false proxy address and prevents it from being changed for all users in the OU. I have also specified that it will bypass the proxy server for local addresses, because we have some users that need to use Outlook Web Access on Exchange server at whatever computer they happen to be using. What I would like to do is force Internet Explorer to use OWA as the default home page, but I don't want to edit Computer Configuration in the Group Policy; I just want to use User Configuration. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks.

 

[jaydeebe]

you can set the home page in the registry so you could use this setting to apply to all computers i think.

regedit and browse to -
HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main and then there is a startpage setting you can set to the url you require.

Jaydeebe BSc (hons)
MCSA 2k
MCSE 2k

 

[kleinicus]

But how do I force the registry setting from Group Policy?

 

[jaydeebe]

administrative templates!

Jaydeebe BSc (hons)
MCSA 2k
MCSE 2k

 

[rye8261]

Through group policy go to:
User Config->Windows Settings->Internet Explorer Maint.->URLs->Important URLs and the first one will be the homepage URL.



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[kleinicus]

Thanks, both of you.
Rye's method seemed easier, so I used it. Works like a charm! Thanks!