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round2it

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test chrome for use in school but i have come across a problem

 

we use mandatory profiles for students and when the student logs on chrome always does the first run sequence even though i have done that in the profile.

 

this happens every time the user logs in

 

i have the adm template and configured like i want it.

 

can someone point me in the right direction.

 

i have changed in profile

done the first run as administrator

what am i missing

robjduk

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I am currently looking into this too and am looking to work on it tomorrow however just to check, have you installed the Chrome ADMX files?
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mrbios

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When you say first run sequence, do you mean the initial "login to chrome" screen it brings up rather than the homepage? Can't remember what the "first run sequence" is :p I have worked around all the issues of chrome on mandatory profiles though, can probably answer this for you tomorrow if i know exactly what you mean.
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round2it

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As chrome will be used on xp i have used the adm template.

 

When i launch chrome the pc opens another tab named welcome and chrome takes about 2 mins to show the page if i close this session of chrome and relaunch chrome the specified home page loads instantly and the welcome tab is not shown.

Its really ticking me off should have taken 30 mins to sort out grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

I was going to look at the preference file tomorrow

Will post screenshot tomorrow

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round2it

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I believe he means the first run box which insists on asking you to select Chrome as a default browser.

 

This is covered by the adm template

mrbios

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When i launch chrome the pc opens another tab named welcome and chrome takes about 2 mins to show the page if i close this session of chrome and relaunch chrome the specified home page loads instantly and the welcome tab is not shown.

Its really ticking me off should have taken 30 mins to sort out grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

I was going to look at the preference file tomorrow

Will post screenshot tomorrow

 

Yea the preference file is the solution to that, can't remember what you've got to edit specifically, but for the sake of fixing mandatory profiles i have a GPP that updates that file on logon from a centrally stored preference file that i've edited.

 

See attached image for how I'm deploying it, all you need now is to know what within the file you need to edit, i've looked at it and i can't for the life of me remember....

ChromeGPP.png

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Arthur

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when the student logs on Chrome always does the first run sequence even though I have done that in the profile.

To disable the tabs Chrome shows to users during its first run you can create a master_preferences file containing the settings below and save it into the folder where Chrome.exe lives (%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application or %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application). Overwrite the existing "master_preferences" file that is created by default. The key settings are highlighted in red.

 

The reason the first three lines are red is because if you don't set these in the preferences file, users will still see the "Getting Started" tab (even if you have set the homepage in Group Policy).

 

[color="#FF0000"]{ 
 "homepage": "chrome://newtab",
 "homepage_is_newtabpage": false, 
 "browser": {  
   "check_default_browser": false
 },
 "sync_promo": {
   "show_on_first_run_allowed": false,
   "user_skipped": true
 },
 "distribution": {[/color]
   "auto_launch_chrome": false,
   "create_all_shortcuts": false,
   "disable_logging": true,
   "do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,
   "do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,
   "do_not_launch_chrome": true,
   "do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,
   "make_chrome_default": true,
   "make_chrome_default_for_user": true,
   "msi": true,
   "multi_install": true,
   "require_eula": false,
   [color="#FF0000"]"show_welcome_page": false,
   "skip_first_run_ui": true,
   "suppress_first_run_bubble": true,
   "suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true[/color],
   "system_level": true,
   "verbose_logging": true[color="#FF0000"]
 }
}[/color]

 

Note. If "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome" already exists, the "master_preferences" file will not be read by Chrome.

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round2it

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thanks Arthur,Mrbios & rojduk for all your help.

 

I found that in our students mandatory profile I had to copy the local settings folder from my admin account that contained the google chrome settings........no other piece of software required this folder before but google like to do stuff differently.

 

so with any luck my deployment should work. tested on 3 machines and it worked (just going to lock down extensions before I deploy)

 

i will be glad when the remaining pcs are replaced with shiney new machines

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kennysarmy

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To disable the tabs Chrome shows to users during its first run you can create a master_preferences file containing the settings below and save it into the folder where Chrome.exe lives (%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application or %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Google\Chrome\Application). Overwrite the existing "master_preferences" file that is created by default. The key settings are highlighted in red.

 

The reason the first three lines are red is because if you don't set these in the preferences file, users will still see the "Getting Started" tab (even if you have set the homepage in Group Policy).

 

[color="#FF0000"]{ 
 "homepage": "chrome://newtab",
 "homepage_is_newtabpage": false, 
 "browser": {  
   "check_default_browser": false
 },
 "sync_promo": {
   "show_on_first_run_allowed": false,
   "user_skipped": true
 },
 "distribution": {[/color]
   "auto_launch_chrome": false,
   "create_all_shortcuts": false,
   "disable_logging": true,
   "do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,
   "do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,
   "do_not_launch_chrome": true,
   "do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,
   "make_chrome_default": true,
   "make_chrome_default_for_user": true,
   "msi": true,
   "multi_install": true,
   "require_eula": false,
   [color="#FF0000"]"show_welcome_page": false,
   "skip_first_run_ui": true,
   "suppress_first_run_bubble": true,
   "suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true[/color],
   "system_level": true,
   "verbose_logging": true[color="#FF0000"]
 }
}[/color]

 

Note. If "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome" already exists, the "master_preferences" file will not be read by Chrome.

 

I edited my master_preferences file to :

 

{

"homepage": "chrome://newtab",

"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,

"browser": {

"check_default_browser": false

},

"sync_promo": {

"show_on_first_run_allowed": false,

"user_skipped": true

},

"distribution": {

"auto_launch_chrome": false,

"create_all_shortcuts": false,

"disable_logging": true,

"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,

"do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,

"do_not_launch_chrome": true,

"do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,

"make_chrome_default": true,

"make_chrome_default_for_user": true,

"msi": true,

"multi_install": true,

"require_eula": false,

"show_welcome_page": false,

"skip_first_run_ui": true,

"suppress_first_run_bubble": true,

"suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true,

"system_level": true,

"verbose_logging": true

"msi":true,

"msi_product_id":"9439F90C-C1AA-3A82-B394-B42681186C4E"}

}

 

 

and the welcome.html website still displays :(

computer_expert

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I edited my master_preferences file to :

 

{

"homepage": "chrome://newtab",

"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,

"browser": {

"check_default_browser": false

},

"sync_promo": {

"show_on_first_run_allowed": false,

"user_skipped": true

},

"distribution": {

"auto_launch_chrome": false,

"create_all_shortcuts": false,

"disable_logging": true,

"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,

"do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,

"do_not_launch_chrome": true,

"do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,

"make_chrome_default": true,

"make_chrome_default_for_user": true,

"msi": true,

"multi_install": true,

"require_eula": false,

"show_welcome_page": false,

"skip_first_run_ui": true,

"suppress_first_run_bubble": true,

"suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true,

"system_level": true,

"verbose_logging": true

"msi":true,

"msi_product_id":"9439F90C-C1AA-3A82-B394-B42681186C4E"}

}

 

 

and the welcome.html website still displays :(

 

I think I had to set the 'Open these pages on startup' settings in the GPO templates to get it to display a custom page (I can't remeber the exact name but it was something like this)

kennysarmy

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I think I had to set the 'Open these pages on startup' settings in the GPO templates to get it to display a custom page (I can't remeber the exact name but it was something like this)

 

Yea I have that set - it opens up our website and VLE - but also the annoying welcome.html too :(

computer_expert

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The only other setting relating to this that I have set is the following:

 

Enable showing the welcome page on the first browser launch following OS upgrade.

 

It has been set to disabled.

 

I'm running the same version of chrome as you (assuming you are running 55.0.2883.87 rather than 55.0.2882.87)

kennysarmy

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The only other setting relating to this that I have set is the following:

 

Enable showing the welcome page on the first browser launch following OS upgrade.

 

It has been set to disabled.

 

I'm running the same version of chrome as you (assuming you are running 55.0.2883.87 rather than 55.0.2882.87)

 

Is that a USER or COMPUTER policy/setting?

 

Cheers

kennysarmy

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Re-imaged with Win 10 EDU 1067 and joined to domain.

 

Only the following policies applied:

 

Image2.jpg

 

And the master_preferences file edited to:

 

{

"homepage": "http://www.google.com",

"homepage_is_newtabpage": false,

"browser": {

"show_home_button": true

},

"session": {

"restore_on_startup": 4,

"startup_urls": [

"http://www.google.com/ig"

]

},

"bookmark_bar": {

"show_on_all_tabs": true

},

"sync_promo": {

"show_on_first_run_allowed": false

},

"distribution": {

"import_bookmarks_from_file": "bookmarks.html",

"import_bookmarks": true,

"import_history": true,

"import_home_page": true,

"import_search_engine": true,

"ping_delay": 60,

"suppress_first_run_bubble": true,

"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut": true,

"do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut": true,

"do_not_launch_chrome": true,

"do_not_register_for_update_launch": true,

"make_chrome_default": true,

"make_chrome_default_for_user": true,

"suppress_first_run_default_browser_prompt": true,

"system_level": true,

"msi_product_id":"83F2CE66-1F17-38DE-83BD-1BAD39009FB6",

"allow_downgrade":false,

"verbose_logging": true

},

"first_run_tabs": [

"http://www.example.com",

"http://welcome_page",

"http://new_tab_page"

]

}

computer_expert

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Is that a USER or COMPUTER policy/setting?

 

Cheers

 

User (within the section called 'Google Chrome' - not 'Google Chrome - default settings (users can override))

 

I see you have reimaged the machine - are you using a fresh user profile?

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arjanver

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Hi, Is it working?

 

I found also this:

Create a blank file named "First Run" (no extension) in the default users profile. In a typical install the path would be 'C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data'

 

But as we use mandatory profiles we don't have a Local folder in Appdata.

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