Default Search Providers - MDT

[fiza]

I have created a Win 7 Gold Image and set all my customisations using the administrators profile including setting the Default Search provider in IE11 to Google and removing Bing. When I deploy the image all my customisations are copied across to the default user profile but the Default Search provider reverts back to Bing and Google is placed 2nd.

 

Why doesn't it stay as I want it?

How can I get rid of Bing and make Google the default when I create my gold image?

 

Our users hate Bing and want Google to be the default.

 

Failing everything else is there a way to use GP to do this or even a registry edit?

[LeMarchand]

There are a bunch of options in Policies>Admin Templates>Windows Components> Internet Explorer that seem to control this. Seems to work here, but I can't remember where the list of providers is being pulled from!

[fiza]

There are a bunch of options in Policies>Admin Templates>Windows Components> Internet Explorer that seem to control this. Seems to work here, but I can't remember where the list of providers is being pulled from!

 

There is "Add a specific list of search providers to the user's list of search providers" but this seems to only allow you to add to the default list not replace it.

[LeMarchand]

We have this:

 

 

and "Populate List of search providers" enabled in the Computer section. (May be extraneous to needs).

[fiza]

We have this:

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]32212[/ATTACH]

 

and "Populate List of search providers" enabled in the Computer section. (May be extraneous to needs).

 

Where do you set the list?

[LeMarchand]

Where do you set the list?

 

That's the bit I can't remember! It must work, as I did a fresh log on to a just-imaged machine and Google was the only SP.

 

Hang on! This looks familiar: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/918238 though I seem to remember finding one that included the Google UK string. In fact, looks like @bmdixon has done all the hard work: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/61275-ie8-default-google-search-via-gpo-some-other-method.html#post558068 . Don't think that's what I used, or my thanks would be there.

 

I'm off for the weekend, hope that helps.

[Cache]

I struggled with the GPO (somehow I ended up corrupting the keys, but could never work out what was wrong), so have some sections built into my answer file for WDS, so that might help you do it in MDT?

 

I'll try and remember to take a look Monday for what I did.

[Arthur]

Try setting the search scopes through your unattend.xml.

 

   
       
           
               
                   Search1
                   Google
                   https://www.google.co.uk/favicon.ico
                   true
                   https://www.google.co.uk/search?q={searchTerms}
                   true
                   https://clients5.google.com/complete/search?hl={language}&q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}
               
               
                   Search2
                   Bing
                   https://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
                   false
                   https://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}
                   true
                   http://api.bing.com/qsml.aspx?query={searchTerms}&maxwidth={ie:maxWidth}&rowheight={ie:rowHeight}&sectionHeight={ie:sectionHeight}&FORM=IE8SSC&market={language}
               
           
       
   

[fiza]

Try setting the search scopes through your unattend.xml.

 

   
       
           
               
                   Search1
                   Google
                   https://www.google.co.uk/favicon.ico
                   true
                   https://www.google.co.uk/search?q={searchTerms}
                   true
                   https://clients5.google.com/complete/search?hl={language}&q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}
               
               
                   Search2
                   Bing
                   https://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
                   false
                   https://www.bing.com/search?q={searchTerms}
                   true
                   http://api.bing.com/qsml.aspx?query={searchTerms}&maxwidth={ie:maxWidth}&rowheight={ie:rowHeight}&sectionHeight={ie:sectionHeight}&FORM=IE8SSC&market={language}
               
           
       
   

@Arthur - I've not edited the unattend file before except through the OS Info tab in MDT. Do I just find the XML file, find the section needed and add the above lines in?

[Arthur]

Do I just find the XML file, find the section needed and add the above lines in?

Yeah.

[fiza]

Yeah.

@Arthur - I added it in. I can even see it in the MDT Console when I go in through that. When I deploy the image it still puts Bing as default for users.

[themightymrp]

Check this site for creating a GPO with the settings in

 

Changing default search provider in Internet Explorer 11 using Group Policies | I just do IT.eu

[Arthur]

I added it in. I can even see it in the MDT Console when I go in through that. When I deploy the image it still puts Bing as default for users.

At you deploying a 64-bit version of Windows?

[fiza]

At you deploying a 64-bit version of Windows?

 

Yes 64 bit