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How do I Change the Home Page in IE7 With a Group Policy


Set a Default Homepage but Give Users Option to Change It

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    Open the Group Policy Editor. Click the "Start" button. (If you're using Windows XP, select "Run" to open the Run command prompt.) Enter "gpedit.msc" in the "Search" box (for Windows 7 and Vista), or in the Run command prompt (for Windows XP).
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    Open the "User Configuration" node in the left-side window panel. Open the "Windows Settings" node in the left-side window panel. Open the "Internet Explorer Maintenance" node in the left-side window panel. Select the "URLs" folder in the left-side window panel. Double-click on the "Important URLs" folder in the right-side window panel. A dialog box will open up.
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    Check the box next to "Custom Home Page URL." When the box is checked, the homepage URL field box should no longer be grayed out. Type the full Web page URL you would like to set as the group policy homepage in the homepage URL field box.
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    Click "OK" to apply the policy. This group policy setting works to set a default homepage for all users, but it does not prevent users from changing the homepage setting through the Internet Options dialog box.

Set a Default Homepage and Prevent Users from Changing It

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    Open the Group Policy Editor. Click the "Start" button. (If you're using Windows XP, select "Run" to open the Run command prompt.) Enter "gpedit.msc" in the "Search" box (for Windows 7 and Vista), or in the Run command prompt (for Windows XP).
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    Open the "User Configuration" node in the left-side window panel. Open the "Administrative Templates" node in the left-side window panel. Open the "Windows Components" node in the left-side window panel. Click on the "Internet Explorer" folder. Locate and double-click on setting for "Disable changing home page settings."
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    Select "Enable." Type the full Web page URL you would like to set as a group policy homepage in the "Home Page" field box.
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    Click "Apply" and then "OK" to apply the policy. This group policy setting works to set a default homepage for all users and also prevents users from changing the homepage setting in the Internet Options dialog box. (The option will be grayed out.)


Read more: How do I Change the Home Page in IE7 With a Group Policy? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_6899397_do-home-ie7-group-policy_.html#ixzz1HJgaSiAo
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