[WEB4LIB] Re: Resetting the Home Page

[Mark Ellis]

Janus,

Registry permissions are only available on NT. I'm sorry I didn't clarify
that earlier.  System policies can be used on 95 though, and are documented
in the Windows 95 Resource Kit.

-----Original Message-----
From: LINDHOLM Janus L [mailto:Janus.L.LINDHOLM at ci.eugene.or.us]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 1:05 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Resetting the Home Page


This discussion interests me very much, but our library is using Win'95, I
don't have Regedt32, and Regedit doesn't seem to give me the option to make
anything read only.  Any ideas for us backward folks still using Windows
'95?  I'll admit that I'm not very familiar with the regestry. (Upgrading
the OS at this time is NOT an option).

Janus Lindholm
Applications Support Tech. Sr.
Eugene Public Library



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Ellis [mailto:mark.ellis at rpl.richmond.bc.ca]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:17 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Resetting the Home Page
> 
> 
> Using a system policy and nailing the IE registry key could 
> be combined so
> you don't have to manually edit the registry on each machine (even
> remotely).
> 
> Make a backup copy of 
> c:\winnt\system32\repl\import\scripts\ntconfig.pol. In
> Regedt32, choose Load Hive... on the Registry menu, find the 
> ntconfig.pol
> file and give the hive the key name "unload_me" or somesuch.  
> Change the
> permissions on the key as Bob instructs below.  Note that 
> you'll need to
> change the setting for each of the users or groups defined in 
> the Policy
> Editor.
> 
> When you're finished editing, select the key "unload_me" and 
> then choose
> Unload Hive on the Registry menu to save your changes to the 
> hive.  Do a
> fresh logon on a workstation to test the new policy.
> 
> This technique allows you to make other policy changes 
> without creating or
> editing policy template files (.adms).
> 
> 
> Mark Ellis
> Network Support Analyst
> Richmond Public Library
> Richmond, British Columbia
> (604) 231-6410
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Sullivan [mailto:SCP_SULLI at sals.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:27 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Resetting the Home Page
> 
> 
> >Even if it's changed, the homepage would always revert to 
> the one set in
> >the policies when a user logs in.
> 
> Andrew and I experimented with this off the list, and setting 
> that registry
> key
> to read-only prevents the change from taking page at all.  The key is:
> 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
> 
> You may use Regedt32 to set the permissions.  I set the 
> entire Internet
> Explorer section to read-only and it works very well.
> 
> Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli at sals.edu
> Schenectady County Public Library (NY)     http://www.scpl.org
>