Also, can I ask why you aren't using policy?

Mike

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 8:05 AM, Mike Kaply <[email protected]> wrote:

> See:
>
> https://mike.kaply.com/2012/08/29/setting-the-default-firefo
> x-homepage-with-autoconfig/
>
> Try:
>
> defaultPref("browser.startup.homepage", "data:text/plain,browser.start
> up.homepage=http://www.pcom.edu";);
>
> As far as the privacy notice goes, you can disable that by setting this
> pref:
>
> toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun
>
> to false
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Jonathan Pentecost <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning,
>>   We are currently getting ready for a deployment of ESR 60.0.2 but are
>> having difficulty with setting the default homepage for new users and
>> disabling the Privacy Notice.  We don't want to use Group Policy for these
>> settings, as we want to use the autoconfig file for this.
>>
>>   We are using an autoconfig policy on our Windows 7 and Windows 10
>> systems that we know is working, as most of the preferences we are setting
>> through the autoconfig are applying correctly.
>>
>>   The only issue we are having trouble with is that the default homepage
>> is not being set correctly with the autoconfig for any new users on a
>> workstation (we want existing users to keep the settings they have in place
>> when the upgrade is completed).  Please find below our current autoconfig
>> file and let me know what needs to be modified in order to set a default
>> homepage, still allowing users to modify the homepage to that of their
>> choosing.  Right now, we get a blank homepage when a new user logs in, as
>> well as another tab with the Privacy Notice.
>>
>>   We also would like to not have the Privacy Notice appear for new users,
>> as some people will be confused with what this is and call our helpdesk
>> about it.
>>
>>   Thanks in advance for the assistance.
>>
>>
>> *Business_Configuration.cfg*
>> //  First line commented out
>>
>> pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
>> pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
>> defaultPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.pcom.edu";);
>> defautlPref("browser.startup.home", "http://www.pcom.edu";);
>> pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");
>> pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
>> pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2);
>> pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);
>> pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
>> lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
>> lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jon Pentecost
>> Infrastructure Analyst
>> Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
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