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stevie - 10 Nov 2006 01:47 GMT

What can be done to get rid of the IE7's first run welcome screen to domain
users with no internet access and no regedit access?

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Tom Porterfield - 10 Nov 2006 02:34 GMT

> What can be done to get rid of the IE7's first run welcome screen to domain
> users with no internet access and no regedit access?

IE7 adds additional group policy settings. The one you are interested in
is Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Internet Explorer->Prevent
performance of First Run Customize settings. Enabling that will prevent
the first run customize settings ability. Instead, the first time IE7 is
run they will be prompted ot go directly to their home page or go to the
"Welcome to Internet Explorer" page.

You can set this policy either at the machine level or user level.

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stevie - 10 Nov 2006 11:34 GMT

>> IE7 adds additional group policy settings. The one you are interested in

is Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Internet Explorer->Prevent
performance of First Run Customize settings. <<

Thanks.
Where can the template be found for WIN2K DC GPO?

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stevie - 10 Nov 2006 12:07 GMT

So pushing this out should do the trick:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"DisableFirstRunCustomize"=dword:00000001

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Tom Porterfield - 10 Nov 2006 15:17 GMT

> So pushing this out should do the trick:
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
> "DisableFirstRunCustomize"=dword:00000001

That, or:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

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james1961 - 22 Nov 2006 02:51 GMT

the way around it that i found is to go into enable or disable add-ons and
disable all file that are not verified in all dropdown lists and apply after
that restart IE7 and it should go to the customize page.

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> What can be done to get rid of the IE7's first run welcome screen to domain
> users with no internet access and no regedit access?

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