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Home page is wrong

Users get a home page based on group policy, but after a change the old home page (http://Intranet01) still displays.

I have changed the setting in Group Policy from http://Intranet01 to http://intranet02

Group Policy Results show that the policy is applied and an examination of the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page = http://Intarnet02
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Default_Page_URL = http://Intranet02

I don't understand how the home page can still show the old setting, when the registry says otherwise.

Any Ideas

ryder0707

Have you checked rsop.msc on client pc? then run gpupdate /force at client pc

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leegclystvale

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jsulliva1957

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Yes the rsop, shows that the group policy is applied.
Doesn't it mean that the policy is applied correctly if the registry says that the Start page and the Default_Page_URL are Intranet02. ?

leegclystvale

And did you have a look at my first suggestions?

jsulliva1957

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Sorry leegclystvale, I did do both of these, and the rsop, revealed that the policy was correctly applied

Jim

jsulliva1957

ASKER

Oh, I also did a gpupdate /force.

But doesn't this come back to the dilemma that if Start Page and Default_Page_URL say http://Intranet02, then why does the user get http://Intranet01.

Group Policy is pushing out the right information, but the user is not getting these settings.

Jim

leegclystvale

Have you checked the local machine policy settings? Have you tried using another user on the machine to see if it works for another user?

jsulliva1957

ASKER

Yes, this occurs across all users and machines.

I found an entry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page = http://Intranet01.

When this is changed to Intranet02, the home page displays correctly. The problem however is that a nonadministrator cannot change this policy.

jsulliva1957

ASKER

I have found the solution.

There was another policy UserConfiguration > Administrative Templates > Extra Internet Explorer Settings, that put the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page entry in.
This prevented the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page working.

Your solution leegclystvale on Date:05/07/09 02:37 AM that there was a higher policy, is therefore correct.

Thanks