How to set default IE home page via Domain Group Policy

1. Open your Group Policy Management


2. Edit your existing default domain group policy or you create a new group policy object; also very important you have to add permission in "Security Filtering", so this policy only apply to certain people


3. Go to,

“User Configuration” -> “Preferences”  -> “Windows Settings” -> “Registry”
Right Click on “Registry” -> “New” -> “Registry Item”

4. Then, in the “New Registry Properties”, update information as follow,

Action: = Update
Hive: = HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key Path: = Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Value name = Start Page      <- or anything you want, for example, Default Home Page
Value Type: = REG_SZ
 Value data: = http://www.google.com     <- here is your default home page URL

5. Also you need disable an “IE security Alert” which are caused by previous action.
“User Configuration” -> “Policies” -> “Administrative Templates” -> “Windows Components” -> “Internet Explorer”
Find and open “Turn off the Security Settings Check Feature"

6. Choose "Enable" option in "Turn off the Security Settings Check feature", click OK to finish. Then, close the Group Policy Management console

7. In command line do "gpupdate /force" to force group policy update on any computer or simply just wait for group policy update.

How to disable Windows Firewall via Domain Group Pollicy

1. Open "Group Policy Management" for your domain controller or remote group policy management

2. Create a new Group Policy Objects called "Disable Firewall" or Something you like in your domain. Try not add it into your "Default Domain Policy". This will make your life easier in the future when you need undo Windows Firewall. Then, you need add permission in "Security Filtering" accordingly.

3. Right click on "Disable Firewall", click on "Edit..." to edit your new group policy object

4. Go to,
“Computer Configuration” -> Windows Settings” -> “Security Settings” -> “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” -> “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security”

Then, click on “Windows Firewall Properties”

5. Click on “Domain Profile” tab, in “Firewall state:” drop down menu, choose “Off”
* You can also turn on/off windows firewall for "Private Profile" and "Public Profile" in different tabs

6. Click "OK" button to finish, close Group Policy Management; open command line and run,

gpupdate /force



7. Done