How to setup a new network policy and implement it using an example of how to Setup a Policy to force the same IE homepage on entire network and not allow to change the Homepage

I will show you how to make a set static home page for all users on a DOMAIN using Active Directory

1.Open Administrative Tools in control panel
2.Open Active Directory Users and Computers
3.RIGHT click on your DOMAIN located at the TOP of the list
4.Scroll down to Properties
5.Click the Group Policy Tab
6.Click the NEW button
7.A New Group Policy Object is created
8.Name as Appropriate, I will use "IE webpage" to make all users have a set homepage and so I can identify it easily.
9.Click the OK button when finished
10.You may close out of Active Directory Users and Computers if you wish we wont need it again.

11.Click the START button and scroll to RUN.
12.Type mmc in the text box
13.Click the OK button and the Console box opens up
14.Click on Console at the top of the open box
15.Scroll down to Add/Remove Snap In
16.Click the Add button
17.Scroll down to Group Policy or Group Policy Object depending if you are using Windows Server 2000 or 2003.
18.Select or highlight it
19.Click the Add button and a new box opens that is the Select Group Policy Object.
20.Click the Browse button
21.The browse box is now open and you may need to scroll down to find your Object, in my case it is IE Webpage.
21.Select/Highlight it and click the OK button
22.Click the Finish button.
Note: The Add Standalone box may remain open, that's normal in case you wish to make another new policy. If you are finished just click the Close button.
23.Now the Add/Remove Snap-in box is displayed with your IE Webpage object, the object will say something like IE Webpage [Your Domain] policy.
24.Just click the OK button to close that box.
25.Now the IE Webpage will be displayed in the Console Root box inside the bigger Console box.

Now we will set the policy for this object

25.Click the plus(+) sign to open the object, 2 sub categories will be displayed, "Computer Configuration" and User Configuration".
26.Click on the plus(+) sign for User Configuration
27.Click on the plus(+) sign for Windows Settings
28.Click on the plus(+) sign for Internet Explorer Maintenance
29.Click on the URLs subcategory, you will see 2 items in the RIGHT hand pane
30.Right click on Important URLs
31.Scroll to Properties
32.Put a checkmark in the "Customize Home page URL
33.Now you can put in the homepage that you/your company would like every user to see when they start a new browser.
Note: Must use the full url in the text box for example; http://www.google.com
34.Click the OK button when finished
35.We are finished with the Console box, you can now click Console in the top upper left corner. Scroll down to Exit and select exit.
36.A box will ask you if you would like to save the Console settings, you may if you wish. This means that when you click on the Add/Remove Snap ins that you will see this snap on quickly. If not, you can access it by adding it manually.

NOW WE CAN SET THE POLICY UP SO THAT USERS CANNOT CHANGE THE HOME PAGE BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE. THIS POLICY WILL GREY OUT THE SETTING IN EXPLORER SO PEOPLE CAN'T CHANGE THEIR HOMEPAGE.

1.Click the START button and scroll to RUN.
2.Type mmc in the text box
3.Click the OK button and the Console box opens up
4.Click on Console at the top of the open box
5.Scroll down to Add/Remove Snap In
6.Click the Add button
7.Scroll down to Group Policy or Group Policy Object depending if you are using Windows Server 2000 or 2003.
8.Click the browse button to find the IEWEBPAGE object we created earlier
9.Select it, click OK than click Finish
10.User configuration, Security settings, than Administrative Templates, windows compponents,Internet Explorer
11.In the RIGHT pane you will see , "Disable Homepage Settings"
12.Double click it and select the radio button to ENABLE.
13.That's it, should be blocking people from changeing the homepage, will be grayed on their system. Remember that this works when on a domain.