# Use Group Policy to Change the Default Internet Explorer Home Page
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In Active Directory environments, you use the Group Policy Management (GPMC) MMC-snap-in to set a default home page that users can't change. If Active Directory is not in your environment, you can use Local Group Policy Editor to perform this task. To set a home page that users can change, you must use the GPMC. 

To use the GPMC, do the following first:
+ Obtain access to a computer or an EC2 instance that is joined to your domain.
+ Install the GPMC. For more information, see [Installing or Removing Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449483.aspx) in the Microsoft documentation.
+ Log in as a domain user with permissions to create GPOs. Link GPOs to the appropriate organizational units (OUs).

**To change the default Internet Explorer home page by using a Group Policy administrative template**

You can use a Group Policy administrative template to set a default home page that users can't change. For more information about administrative templates, see [Edit Administrative Template Policy Settings](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc771479(v=ws.11)) in the Microsoft documentation.

1. Open the WorkSpaces Applications console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/home](https://console.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/home).

1. If you are not using Active Directory in your environment, open Local Group Policy Editor. If you are using Active Directory, open the GPMC. Locate the **Scripts (Logon\$1Logoff) **policy setting: 
   + Local Group Policy Editor: 

     On your image builder, open the command prompt as an administrator, type `gpedit.msc`, and then press ENTER. 

     Under **User Configuration**, expand **Administrative Templates**, **Windows Components**, and then choose **Internet Explorer**. 
   + GPMC: 

     In your directory or on a domain controller, open the command prompt as an administrator, type `gpmc.msc`, and then press ENTER.

     In the left console tree, select the OU in which you want to create a new GPO, or use an existing GPO, and then do either of the following: : 
     + Create a new GPO by opening the context (right-click) menu and choosing **Create a GPO in this domain, Link it here**. For **Name**, provide a descriptive name for this GPO.
     + Select an existing GPO.

     Open the context menu for the GPO, and choose **Edit**.

     Under **User Configuration**, expand **Policies**, **Administrative Templates**, **Windows Components**, and then choose **Internet Explorer**. 

1. Double-click **Disable changing home page settings**, choose **Enabled**, and in **Home Page**, enter a URL.

1. Choose **Apply**, **OK**.

1. Close Local Group Policy Editor or the GPMC.