Default Homepage Overridden by Manufacturer Defaults

Question

I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad that I'm trying to change the default homepage in IE in for all users. I've tried a number of things, but every time I create a new user the homepage is always the Lenovo default homepages.

I've tried changing Default_Page_URL in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main to the default I want, such as www.google.com for example, but the value is always reset to the Lenovo default when I create a new user.

Does this look like the work of a script that runs at the first login or am I editing the wrong value?

Answer 1

Start Regedit.exe and select the HKEY_USERS branch. From the File menu, click Load Hive... Select the following file:

C:\users\default\ntuser.dat

Assign a Name for the loaded hive (eg. defaultuser)

Browse to the Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main branch of the loaded hive, and make the modifications as required.

Select the defaultuser hive. From the File menu, click Unload hive...

Exit Regedit.exe

Every new user profile you create will use the modified settings.