Discover/Audit existing IE home page

JohnB

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:21:59 AM12/15/09

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Is there a way, with some type of script, to find out what each user is
using as their home page in Internet Explorer?

I want to ultimately set all user's home page with a GPO, to our SharePoint
site, but I want to know what they have now for a home page. If it's
something they use often and it's work related, I'll add that as a link on
the home page of SharePoint.

I could send out a mass email and ask, but I would invariably get questions
and/or comments like: "I don't think I have a home page", or "what is a
home page", or "I don't think I have Internet Explorer" :-)

Thanks

Al Dunbar

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:55:54 PM12/15/09

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"JohnB" <jbr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Do you have roving profiles? If not, you will have to process each existing
profile on each workstation.

/Al

Todd Vargo

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:54:12 PM12/15/09

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"JohnB" <jbr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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This returns the home page on Windows 98/IE 6.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
s = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page"
MsgBox WshShell.RegRead(s), 64,"IE home page is... "

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Al Dunbar

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Dec 17, 2009, 12:26:28 AM12/17/09

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"Todd Vargo" <tlv...@sbcglobal.netz> wrote in message
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Good solution, however, it would need to be run by each user, and the msgbox
call changed to something that writes the information to a repository
somewhere.

/Al

Todd Vargo

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Dec 17, 2009, 5:58:16 PM12/17/09

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It was not intended to be a complete solution.
Just a pointer in the direction OP may want to research.

Al Dunbar

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Dec 17, 2009, 10:24:27 PM12/17/09

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"Todd Vargo" <tlv...@sbcglobal.netz> wrote in message

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Understood. I made that reply in case the OP did not realize this fact. From
his post it was not clear what kind of script he wanted: one to run in the
logon script, one to run from the startup group, one to run remotely. I
infer from this that he might not have realized there were such options and
what their advantages and shortcomings might be.

/Al

JohnB

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Dec 18, 2009, 9:30:36 AM12/18/09

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Are you saying this only works on Win98?

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Todd Vargo

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Dec 18, 2009, 6:05:46 PM12/18/09

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JohnB wrote:
> Are you saying this only works on Win98?

No. I am saying this is what I get on Windows 98.
You will have to test it on your OS to verify it returns the home page.

> >> >
> >> > This returns the home page on Windows 98/IE 6.
> >> >
> >> > Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> >> > s = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page"
> >> > MsgBox WshShell.RegRead(s), 64,"IE home page is... "

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Dave "Crash" Dummy

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Dec 18, 2009, 9:12:58 PM12/18/09

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Todd Vargo wrote:
> JohnB wrote:
>> Are you saying this only works on Win98?
>
> No. I am saying this is what I get on Windows 98. You will have to
> test it on your OS to verify it returns the home page.
>
>>>>> This returns the home page on Windows 98/IE 6.
>>>>>
>>>>> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") s =
>>>>> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start Page"
>>>>> MsgBox WshShell.RegRead(s), 64,"IE home page is... "
>

Well, it still works on Windows 7, IE 8. Of course, it would have to be
modified to retrieve the start page for specific users. You'd have to
know the user id code and have administrator privileges.

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

s = "HKEY_USERS\xxxx...\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Start

Page"
MsgBox WshShell.RegRead(s), 64,"IE home page is... "

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