> I've set the IE home page to our intranet, which is the only > site allowed; everything else goes to a bit-bucket proxy. So in: > User config\windows settings\internet explorer > maintenance\URLs\Important URLs, I've set the home page. But > it doesn't work. With a new user login, IE starts by going to > MS site, and since the proxy won't let it, it doesn't move > forward from there. I can type in the intranet URL manually > and get there. If I allow the browser to reach the internet, > it goes to the MS site first, then to windows update on the > second launch, then to the expected home page on the third launch. > > Any way to get around this? > Thanks!
Set HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\First Home Page to the page you want to visit first. I can't find this documented anywhere on the Microsoft web site except for Windows 98 so I'm not absolutely sure it's still relevant but it's got to be worth a go! (We set it for all machines in the logon script but I'd guess you could easily do it in a group policy) Steve List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
