OK; that's got it. I found another KB article (289902) that talks about another part of this; it's a file called homepage.inf. I could probably play with that to get what I need as well, but this worked. Thanks!
********************** Charlie Kaiser W2K3 MCSA/MCSE/Security, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steve Rochford > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Group policy security setting > > > 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/ > 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/
