Common Configurations

To configure these settings, load firefox.adm or mozilla.adm. Also please be aware that changes on the Domain Controller are not propagated to clients immediately (rebooting your DC won't help!).  To affect a client immediately for testing, run 'gpupdate' from the command prompt. To manage the large number of settings in mozilla.adm, use of Group Policy Management is highly recommended.

As always, test before deploying to production!

Setting the homepage

using firefox.adm set General Settings
or using mozilla.adm set browser.startup.homepage

Disable Default Browser Check

using firefox.adm set Disable Firefox Default Browser Check to enable
or using mozilla.adm set browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser to disable

Proxy Server

using firefox.adm set Proxy Settings

or using mozilla.adm set network.proxy.type to 1
set network.proxy.http to proxyserver name or ip
set network.proxy.http_port to proxyserver port
set network.proxy.ftp as appropriate

Proxy Server via .PAC

using mozilla.adm set network.proxy.type to 2
set network.proxy.autoconfig_url to a url pointing to a .pac file.

Redirecting the Cache

using mozilla.adm set browser.cache.disk.parent_directory to a local directory, make sure it exists.

Setting the Cache Size

You'll need to edit mozilla.adm until a new version fixes the problem.  Find 'browser.cache.disk.capacity' and add the three bold lines. It should look as follows.

PART "browser.cache.disk.capacity" NUMERIC
MAX 100000
SPIN 1000
DEFAULT 50000
VALUENAME "browser.cache.disk.capacity"
END PART

Setting a download directory

using mozilla.adm set browser.download.useDownloadDir to enable
set browser.download.folderList to 2
set browser.download.dir to a directory, make sure it exists.

Disable profile migration

using mozilla.adm set profile.enable_profile_migration to disable

Automatic Windows authentication

using mozilla.adm set network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris to sites that accepts Windows authentication

Moving the cache to the local machine

using mozilla.adm set browser.cache.disk.parent_directory to a local directory like c:\windows\temp