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Changing Clients Homepage via ISASERVER 2004

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Hello xperts
I need to know if itàs possible to change clients home page using ISA server 2004...

Thanks.

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2009-10-22 at 03:50:25ID24833947
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Answers

 

by: pwindellPosted on 2009-10-22 at 07:13:24ID: 25634416

No.  They don't even live on the same planet.

The users Home Page is a setting within IE that is tied exclusively to the local user profile on that one particular machine (not counting Roaming Profiles).

You can probably do it with Group Policy, but I don't have any details on that.

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-22 at 10:30:59ID: 25636759

It comes under the user settings within the IE Maintenance section using the domain group policy (or sub policies obviously). This can also be achieved using the wpad approach via dns and dhcp entry 252.

Keith

 

by: pwindellPosted on 2009-10-22 at 11:37:31ID: 25637504

How is that done with WPAD?  I mean I know about proxy autodetection, but what about the user homepage, how does it apply there?

 

by: moh10lyPosted on 2009-10-22 at 12:30:38ID: 25638038

Hello Keith..
Can you provide me more details please?

Thanks

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-22 at 13:44:18ID: 25638798

you surprise me phil.

The wpad itself does not. The addition of a small vbscript, a powershell call, a WMI redirection, adding as a call as part of the wpad does not require much effort. Calling it this way is an alternative to placing the homepage entry directly into the group policy directly. If you are not aware of how to do any of these then simply tie the script to the login script.

 

by: pwindellPosted on 2009-10-22 at 14:08:26ID: 25639054

The addition of a small vbscript, a powershell call, a WMI redirection, adding as a call as part of the wpad does not require much effort.

I don't write scripts for the most part.  I don't even have much interest in them.  A little VBScript for Classic ASP is about it.  There is no way I would have thought to do that.

 

by: moh10lyPosted on 2009-10-22 at 14:36:57ID: 25639324

I think i'm not part of the last comment lol...
I have no clue how do all of that ... can you please direct me if possible through a site that has detailed instructions?

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-22 at 23:01:24ID: 25641602

I'll walk you through it but this is basic OS administration. As Phil has pointed out in his first post, this is nothing to do with ISA Server at all -

So what is the host operating system on your domain controllers - 2000? 2003? 2008? What client OS are you using 2000? XP? Vista? Windows 7?

 

by: moh10lyPosted on 2009-10-23 at 01:42:38ID: 25642325

The Server is 2003 and most of the clients are XP ... except few laptops are using vista and windows 7..

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-23 at 09:02:25ID: 25645722

OK

get onto the console of one of the 2003 DC's
Click on start - administrative tools and open the Active directory Users and Computers tool
on the left hand pane, right-click the domain name at the top and select properties.
Select the group policy tab
In the Group policy object links on the right-window, highlight the default domain policy and then click edit. This will open a new window split into computer and user configuration.

Under the User configuration, open the windows settings - internet explorer maintenance - URLs. Double-click on Important URLs.
The first item at the top now shows Cusomise Home page URL.
Put a tick in the box to customise the home page URL and then enter the URL IN FULL including the http:// etc
Click on OK

Depending on replication etc this will begin to propagate around the users and servers. Because it is a user setting change rather than a computer setting change no reboots are required. However, this can take a number of hours to fully reconverge on all machines.

 

by: pwindellPosted on 2009-10-23 at 10:13:06ID: 25646386

Wouldn't it be better to create a "new" policy?  I never touch the Default Policies,...I always want something to go back to is something doesn't work out.

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-23 at 10:34:30ID: 25646555

Your call - I'll leave it to you.

 

by: AwinishPosted on 2009-10-24 at 07:27:58ID: 25652364

1. Locate the domain (top of the Tree) and right click it, then select "Properties".
2. Select the group policy Tab or you can install group policy management console.
3. You will see the Default domain policy (and any other policies applied at this level)
4. You can create another domain policy by clicking "New" giving it a name and configuring it"
5. Ensure the default domain policy is highlighted and select "Edit" (unless you are working on another policy)
6. The Group policy object editor will open.
User Configuration > Windows Settings > Internet Explorer Maintenance >Important URL’s
7. You can now edit the policy and close the editor when you are finished.
8. Back in the domain properties click "apply" and "OK".

http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2006/05/force-ie-to-default-to-your-home-page/

 

by: moh10lyPosted on 2009-10-24 at 10:06:06ID: 25653088

Would these settings be applied only to active directory users? I mean I have only few clients joined into the domain .. the rest are all not DC users..!

 

by: AwinishPosted on 2009-10-24 at 10:16:40ID: 25653164

Yes,only it will be applied to AD users. If users are login locally,on each machine you have to do by opening GPO of local system, typing gpedit.msc in run.

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-24 at 11:03:40ID: 25653434

It applies to the users within the domain if you apply it at the domain level. Else, it applies to users at the OU level where you create (or link) the policy if you make a new one.

The only reason to create a new policy is if you do not want everyone in the domain to have the policy applied.

 

by: moh10lyPosted on 2009-10-26 at 02:03:08ID: 31644425

Thanks everyone

 

by: keith_alabasterPosted on 2009-10-26 at 02:03:58ID: 25660577

:)

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