Regedit question - Help me change my Home Page at work and put it to the man!
Where I work the computer run Win XP and IE opens up at the company's
home page. Nice to think about but not helpful in doing my job.
I would like to change the start page but I can't do it the normal way
in IE because I don't have access to the function of making a site my
home page.
So I run regedit and I find all the place where the company's start
page is and I change it to what I want. There is one place in regedit
under POLICYS that I don't have access to change.
When I reboot & restart IE still shows the company's home page.
I changed it once without going into policys but I think when the
computer was updated or something was changed, it went back to the
Company's home page.
Can I change the home page w/o messing with the Policy settings in
regedit?
Also, where I changed the company's home page to my desired home page.
.......local user....software......MS.....IE ..... (i think this is the
path)....
there was both a Main: and a Default: showing the company's home
page. I changed the Main to the desired home page with no luck. Do
I need to change both? Should I delete the DEFAULT:Company Home Page
setting?
Any advice is appreciated.
The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
I also share this computer with 2 other shifts so I can't damage it.
I followed the instructions at HOW TO GEEK with no luck.
>Where I work the computer run Win XP and IE opens up at the company's
>home page. Nice to think about but not helpful in doing my job.
>I would like to change the start page but I can't do it the normal way
>in IE because I don't have access to the function of making a site my
>home page.
Then they deliberately disabled the function and you should
not try to change it!
There is an easy solution. You don't need to change the
browser homepage, just make a shortcut wherever you
generally move your mouse to, to launch IE, that points to
your preferred website.
For example if you wanted Google as your homepage just make
a shortcut to http://www.google.com/
>So I run regedit and I find all the place where the company's start
>page is and I change it to what I want. There is one place in regedit
>under POLICYS that I don't have access to change.
>When I reboot & restart IE still shows the company's home page.
>
>I changed it once without going into policys but I think when the
>computer was updated or something was changed, it went back to the
>Company's home page.
They may reimage the system periodically, or they are aware
you are changing things you aren't supposed to. Often
people get warned, and eventually fired if they keep it up,
for deliberately trying to get around security policies.
You should ask your IT dept about the possiblity of being
allowed to have a different homepage and only change it with
their permission and aid.
>Any advice is appreciated.
>The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
>if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
>computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
That is an incomplete sentence, but what it seems to mean is
that for the convenience of all you will have to manually
browse to or set your own shortcut for a homepage as a link.
>
>I also share this computer with 2 other shifts so I can't damage it.
>
It would be excessive to have to hack windows twice a day
every day to change the homepage then change it back for the
next shift, and eventually you would forget to do it and be
caught.
If making your own shortcut does not work then they probably
have domain restrictions in place and hacking to point to
the same domain would just result in a page that won't load.
There may be other options, it depends on the policies (I
mean IT policies not windows/registry) they have set, what
you're allowed to do. One thing you can be sure of though
is that they have set the homepage and disabled changing it
because that is how they insist you use the system. I can
sympathize with your not liking it but if we all liked work
then would they have to pay us to do it?
> Where I work the computer run Win XP and IE opens up at the company's
> home page. Nice to think about but not helpful in doing my job.
> I would like to change the start page but I can't do it the normal way
> in IE because I don't have access to the function of making a site my
> home page.
>
> So I run regedit and I find all the place where the company's start
> page is and I change it to what I want. There is one place in regedit
> under POLICYS that I don't have access to change.
> When I reboot & restart IE still shows the company's home page.
>
> I changed it once without going into policys but I think when the
> computer was updated or something was changed, it went back to the
> Company's home page.
>
> Can I change the home page w/o messing with the Policy settings in
> regedit?
>
> Also, where I changed the company's home page to my desired home page.
>
> ......local user....software......MS.....IE ..... (i think this is the
> path)....
> there was both a Main: and a Default: showing the company's home
> page. I changed the Main to the desired home page with no luck. Do
> I need to change both? Should I delete the DEFAULT:Company Home Page
> setting?
>
> Any advice is appreciated.
> The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
> if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
> computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
>
> I also share this computer with 2 other shifts so I can't damage it.
>
> I followed the instructions at HOW TO GEEK with no luck.
Yeah, put it to the man. Quit and show him that you won't put up with
that crap. Let someone else get your job and pay. Let them suffer oh
so egregiously. Yeah, you "go" girl. (eee-hee-hee-hee)
Everytime you login, the company's policies get pushed onto your host,
or they can push them at-will. So no matter how you change them (if you
could), they'll step atop of whatever you put in the registry before.
It is unlikely that they will define a unique set of policies to push at
only a few hosts, like yours. If you are not registered as a local
admin for your own host when logging onto their domain, you can ask them
to put you into their Local Administrators user group. That will give
you admin privileges on only your own host, and that means you can use
regedit to change their policies after you login. In that case, you can
create a .reg file that you load on login to undo their policies.
Loading this special .reg file would be only under your Windows account
for its startup items, so you wouldn't be affecting other users of the
same host that have their own separate logins.
You better ask them first if it is okay to undo their policies.
Sometimes they don't care. Sometimes they do. For example, they might
want to ensure all their employees visit the company's home page to
ensure all of them see a critical company-wide alert rather than rely
only on e-mail notification. Even after you find out how to thwart
their policies, get it in an e-mail reply that you keep where they give
you permission to undo that particular set of policies.
Don't know what instructions you followed at http://www.howtogeek.com/
since you didn't give a URL to their article. Besides, it appears that
you do not have local admin privileges for your host so nothing you do
in the registry is going to override their policies. You'll need to
contact the IT folks to get you moved into a different users group in
their domain that has more rights on your host.
Re: Regedit question - Help me change my Home Page at work and put it to the man!
In article <g803859sv4tdppuik7a688kc8earncv2gm@4ax.com>, B__P@hotmail.com says...
> Any advice is appreciated.
> The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
> if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
> computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
>
It is not your computer. You do not have the right.
Doing this or even being caught attempting it is likely to see you get
fired.
--
Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
Re: Regedit question - Help me change my Home Page at work and put it to the man!
>Then they deliberately disabled the function and you should
>not try to change it!
That is true enough.
>
>There is an easy solution. You don't need to change the
>browser homepage, just make a shortcut wherever you
>generally move your mouse to, to launch IE, that points to
>your preferred website.
I consider myself to be somewhat computer literate.
Then this. What the hell kind of answer is that?
No seriously, I must be some kind of dumb to overlook such a simple
answer! Here I am trying to build a better fence and you tell me to
just close the gate.
I know how to do what you suggest, but it just never occured to me.
Thanks for the perfect solution.
It solves the problem on several levels.
Re: Regedit question - Help me change my Home Page at work and put it to the man!
Seriously, thank you for the reply.
Had "ask the man" been an option, I would have done so.
However, 99.9% of the people I work with know next to nothing about
computers and really shouldn't be allowed to use one by themselves
since they could hurt someone.
Since I work for the MAIN MAN, Uncle Whiskers, asking if I can change
my homepage is out.
There are signs up where I work stating "VIEWING **** ON YOUR COMPUTER
IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE." I have cameras watching me while I watch
others. So , no , asking to change the homepage is out.
But thanfully, the earlier poster has a marverlous idea.
Bonnie
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:41:59 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>B__P@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> Where I work the computer run Win XP and IE opens up at the company's
>> home page. Nice to think about but not helpful in doing my job.
>> I would like to change the start page but I can't do it the normal way
>> in IE because I don't have access to the function of making a site my
>> home page.
>>
>> So I run regedit and I find all the place where the company's start
>> page is and I change it to what I want. There is one place in regedit
>> under POLICYS that I don't have access to change.
>> When I reboot & restart IE still shows the company's home page.
>>
>> I changed it once without going into policys but I think when the
>> computer was updated or something was changed, it went back to the
>> Company's home page.
>>
>> Can I change the home page w/o messing with the Policy settings in
>> regedit?
>>
>> Also, where I changed the company's home page to my desired home page.
>>
>> ......local user....software......MS.....IE ..... (i think this is the
>> path)....
>> there was both a Main: and a Default: showing the company's home
>> page. I changed the Main to the desired home page with no luck. Do
>> I need to change both? Should I delete the DEFAULT:Company Home Page
>> setting?
>>
>> Any advice is appreciated.
>> The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
>> if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
>> computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
>>
>> I also share this computer with 2 other shifts so I can't damage it.
>>
>> I followed the instructions at HOW TO GEEK with no luck.
>
>Yeah, put it to the man. Quit and show him that you won't put up with
>that crap. Let someone else get your job and pay. Let them suffer oh
>so egregiously. Yeah, you "go" girl. (eee-hee-hee-hee)
>
>Everytime you login, the company's policies get pushed onto your host,
>or they can push them at-will. So no matter how you change them (if you
>could), they'll step atop of whatever you put in the registry before.
>
>It is unlikely that they will define a unique set of policies to push at
>only a few hosts, like yours. If you are not registered as a local
>admin for your own host when logging onto their domain, you can ask them
>to put you into their Local Administrators user group. That will give
>you admin privileges on only your own host, and that means you can use
>regedit to change their policies after you login. In that case, you can
>create a .reg file that you load on login to undo their policies.
>Loading this special .reg file would be only under your Windows account
>for its startup items, so you wouldn't be affecting other users of the
>same host that have their own separate logins.
>
>You better ask them first if it is okay to undo their policies.
>Sometimes they don't care. Sometimes they do. For example, they might
>want to ensure all their employees visit the company's home page to
>ensure all of them see a critical company-wide alert rather than rely
>only on e-mail notification. Even after you find out how to thwart
>their policies, get it in an e-mail reply that you keep where they give
>you permission to undo that particular set of policies.
>
>Don't know what instructions you followed at http://www.howtogeek.com/
>since you didn't give a URL to their article. Besides, it appears that
>you do not have local admin privileges for your host so nothing you do
>in the registry is going to override their policies. You'll need to
>contact the IT folks to get you moved into a different users group in
>their domain that has more rights on your host.
Re: Regedit question - Help me change my Home Page at work and put it to the man!
Hummm.
Well it is and it didn't.
Oh my? What did I do?
Regedit? Yes, I tried to re gedit several times when my work got
deleted. But I couldn't find it in the Re Getit no matter how hard I
tried. Sorry. .......................... CASE CLOSED JOB KEPT.
You may laugh, but it works. Doesn't hurt to be FM either, those poor
poor IT guys.
Serious though, I appreciate you answering my question though I
generally dislike this kind of reponse.
I do realize that it is not my machine. I don't really need someone
to tell me that.
And why would doing this or attempting it likely see me fired?
You strike me as and IT type person and though my general nature
towards your response it to be much less then friendly, I can tell
that you have a good bit of computer knowledge.
So why not loosen up and share some of it and let the people who ask
worry about the consequences. As long as you don't tell them how to
make a bomb or virus, you should be able to live with your self right?
Again, I am trying hard not to be nasty so please excuse me if I come
across that way.
Bonnie
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:39:55 +0100, Conor <conor@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <g803859sv4tdppuik7a688kc8earncv2gm@4ax.com>,
>B__P@hotmail.com says...
>
>> Any advice is appreciated.
>> The Company will not willingly let me change the page so asking them
>> if it is set up that way because most of the people using the
>> computers couldn't find the Co.'s home page any other way.
>>
>It is not your computer. You do not have the right.
>
>Doing this or even being caught attempting it is likely to see you get
>fired.
>I would again like to thank you for you simple solution.
>
>I avoid doing anything questionable and it works well and is quick and
>easy.
>
>If I should ever be of any assistance to you, just let me know.
>
>Bonnie
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