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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?

Fried Waffle
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  • Lenovo might be using a custom default user profile. – Curtis Jul 13 '16 at 01:22
  • Load the NTUSER.DAT hive of the "Default" user profile, and update the registry settings, and unload the hive. The settings should apply for every new user you create. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/chad/2012/04/25/tip-49-how-do-you-set-default-user-profile-registry-settings/ – w32sh Jul 13 '16 at 13:12

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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.

w32sh
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  • This is the kind of thing I was looking for; unfortunately, the NTUSER.DAT file I have is funky in some way. It is only 1KB in size, and the properties suggest that it's actually a log file, not the actual data file. Is there anywhere else this file might be located? Perhaps there's an OEM folder hidden somewhere? Attempting to load this file results in a generic error and failure to load the hive. – Fried Waffle Jul 14 '16 at 22:21
  • The file is super-hidden. Simply type the file name with full path in the Load hive dialog box and click Open. – w32sh Jul 15 '16 at 05:04