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| 139134 | 2003-04-26 14:21:00 | I have a small network 4 pc's, is there anyway I can create my own homepage and set it as the homepage in Internet Explorer for all the computers, I want it to be the the firstscreen all users see when they open IE and even if they change the homepage it must automatically come up with my page no matter what. Is this at all possible or is that a bit over the top all the computers are running Windows 2000 Pro and 1 laptop on Windows XP. PC's connected to a switch (100Mbps) which is connected to a Nokia M1122 ADSL router. your help will be appreciated |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 139135 | 2003-04-26 14:30:00 | I'm not sure on the locking up the OS so that the homepage can not be changed. I do know that it is possible though. As for setting up the webpage. The easiest way is to design the homepage (duh) and then you'll need a webserver such as IIS or Apache. You may also need php or other features depending on what you want it to do. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 139136 | 2003-04-26 18:16:00 | All you need to do is navigate to the page located on one of the computers, open it and then set it as default under the settings. To set it so that others can't change it you will need to use a policy - I'm sorry I don't know the actual steps to do this. Ian |
IanJ (1454) | ||
| 139137 | 2003-04-26 21:18:00 | Yes. Just set the page to default, and edit the registry to lock the homepage. If you give me an email address, I can send a .reg file to you. The only reason I don't want to post it here or anywhere, is to make sure that it doesn't fall into the wrong people's hands (people can wreck havoc at work, schools, friend's computers etc.) To make it easier - email me at ypeih@yahoo.com.au |
somebody (208) | ||
| 139138 | 2003-04-26 21:37:00 | Yeah... I recon "must open on the page no matter what" is is a little OTT... But if you make a page and just set the browsers to go to \\shared-directory-on-host\the-site-htm it will work fine, so long as it is done in only basic .html (forget CGI etc) Setting that shared folder up as home page would do the trick. Theres probably a way to prevent that from being changed, but someone else would have to help you there. If it were me, i'd run a APACHE weberver on the gateway, and tell the machines to go to 192.168.0.1 as a start page. Editing the host files could tell the machines that a certain domain is at that IP. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 139139 | 2003-04-26 21:44:00 | That way you don't have to post your email address on a public forum:) | somebody (208) | ||
| 139140 | 2003-04-26 22:02:00 | We did that at a certain internet cafe type thing i once worked at. The start page came out of the server. It had links to shared resourses and all the common free email sites. This helped reduce annoying questions like "how do i get to hotmail?" .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 139141 | 2003-04-26 22:25:00 | Also, please let me know via this forum that you have emailed me, as I don't regularly check that email account. It's for all the junk - so far accumulated several hundred junk emails. | somebody (208) | ||
| 139142 | 2003-04-27 04:02:00 | thanks for the info "somebody" i sent u a mail message |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 139143 | 2003-04-27 04:36:00 | The files should be waiting for you in your inbox. Also, remember to back up your registry before doing this (just in case something goes wrong). I have tested the files (on a WinXP machine), but can't gurantee that it will work properly on every version of Windows, so I do not accept any responsibility for any consequential damage as a result of using the files. (the above paragraph made me sound like a Microsoft person:) ) |
somebody (208) | ||
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