IE 6 Default First Homepage 1

[SteveAudus]

On our NT Machines we set in the register,

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk/index.htm"

"First Home Page"="\\Ourserver\ipolicy\policypage.html"

Which causes our all our users to see our Internet Policy screen, as the first page they see when they open IE.
But a different Home Page.

Does anyone know of a simpler regedit for XP?

Any Suggestions Welcome,

Thank You
Steve Audus
Chaucer School
Sheffield, UK

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk

 

[linney]

Can you clarify your question. Does that Registry setting work on XP machines? What are you trying to avoid or achieve by use of a "simpler regedit for XP"?

Have you looked in Group Policy to see what is available there.

HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile (Q305709)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q305/7/09.asp

Q310516 HOW TO: Distribute Registry Changes to Computers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/5/16.asp

Q310514 HOW TO: Distribute a Custom Desktop Theme to Users in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q310/5/14.asp

 

[SteveAudus]

Just to clarify.

No this reg setting does not on XP.
I use these reg settings in Group Policy to set the default user setting for all our users.

So when a user is first created on a machine, and opens IE,
they get a start page which is different to their homepage.

I was just wondering if any know of a reg setting in XP that does the same thing?

Thanks for the links.

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk

 

[PAndersen]

You will probably find it in the file HOMEPAGE.INF

 

[SteveAudus]

Thank You PAndersen
Spot on
Cheers

http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk

 

[FireDrake]

I'm having a similar problem when trouble shooting my friend's computer. Whenever he starts IE in XP Home Edition, it defaults to the same page and 4 folders are created in the favorites. When I set the default page to something else, it reverts back to that particular homepage. The homepage was

http://i-lookup.com

or something like that. Also, when I tried to delete the four folders in the favorites, it gets created again when I run IE again the next time automatically. Is there a script that is running whenever I open IE that's causing this? I tried modifying the registry and remove any reference to that website but to no avail. Can someone help?

 

[linney]

Have a look at this FAQ, read about hijacking and spyware.

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?spid=608&sfid=3482

320159 - Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your Home Page Setting

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q320159&FR=1

323869 - Adult Content Web Site Is Unexpectedly Displayed in Browser Window When You Click Search

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323869&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH