Setting home page and proxy settings for all users

[ykbhardwaj]

Can somebody help me in setting home page and proxy settings for all users in citrix metaframe xp published internet explorer.

 

[Jontmke]

This is done with gpedit.msc. This is the policy editor for win2k and xp. The proxy setting entry is the one that says "make proxy settings per machine". Not exactly that but close. Setting the home page for everyone is in there too, but I can't remember where. But after you find that one you need to restrict access to the option to change it. That setting is also in there.
These are done on the metaframe server itself. And if the app is published to multiple servers you will have to do all of them individually.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Alternatively, you can do this at the time of installing IE, if the server is in change user /install mode. Whatever you set the proxy/home page settings to will be propagated to all users. You can use IM to record the installation and then roll it out to all servers with those settings.

Hope this helps CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[rezinz28]

I would recommend using a batch script for the home page. Create the script as follows and save it to %systemroot%\application compatibility scripts\logon.

homepage.bat
regedit /s "%systemroot%\system32\homepage.reg"


Open regedit and got to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main
Export this out to homepage.reg
Open homepage.reg with notepad and delete all lines expect for the one stating start page.


If you don't have usrlogn2.cmd create it and save it to %systemroot%\system32
edit it and add the line:
call "%systemroot%\application compatibility scripts\logon\homepage.bat"

Now logon as a user and watch their homepage be set. They can change it for that logon but it wil revert back when they log back in again.

Good Luck,
Steve
Thank You,
Steve