Changing the defaults homepage in Firefox 4 on a mac?

I'm managing a mac network environment. I'd like to have each user open to our school homepage when they launch firefox for the first time. In firefox 3 I was able to accomplish this by modifying the prefs.js file in the defaults folder in the application under MacOS. Currently I cannot seem to find a way to do this with Firefox 4 on a mac running 10.6.7

I have the same problem. I love Firefox but I can't believe Mozilla released FF4 without a plug-in for viewing PDFs on Mac OS X. Between that and the fact that Lotus Notes web client doesn't like FF4, I had to downgrade to FF 3.6.16.

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How to Change the Default Font in Firefox 4 , for this >>
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Go to properties first: and set before typing anything in as shown here:
http://screencast.com/t/ZTgzOTM3Y
Then right click bring up this menu while inside active field and click on item with arrrow:
http://screencast.com/t/ZTRjMWRkMzk
Now what ever you typed should reflect the new Font setting.
we may be as you say. But then again other people act like whats on the other side.
We do our best. And if we fall short, well we gave it our best shot.
Okay. In the interests of being completely clear:
I have already tried this. Several times. This procedure will change the default for any of the fields that I place by hand. It does not change the default for any of the fields placed by the Wizard. I was unable to find a solution to the problem in any of the manuals, books, or on-line forums, which is why I posted here as a last resort. This leads to two conclusions:
A. Your advice is incorrect
B. There is a problem with my installation of Acrobat
I will assume that A is not the correct conclusion. I will therefore try a re-install of my software to see if this clears up the problem. There have been other issues with other Adobe software on my machine that a re-installed has fixed nicely. Luckily, I don't have to do this at all often.

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Shut down your Mac.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the third time.
Release the keys.

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Smo,
That is incorrect, you can change the fonts used in content to your own choosing albeit only through advanced about:config preferences. This is not recommended.
Change these in about:config;
*font.name.serif.x-user-def
*font.name.sans-serif.x-user-def
*font.name.sans-serif.x-user-def
*font.name.monospace.x-user-def
*font.name-list.sans-serif.x-user-def
*font.name-list.sans-serif.x-user-def
*font.name.serif.x-western
*font.name.sans-serif.x-western
*font.name.sans-serif.x-western
*font.name.monospace.x-western
*font.name-list.sans-serif.x-western
*font.name-list.sans-serif.x-western
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== Changed from MS to Firefox, now cannot get it back.

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I'm using 8SMS as my default messaging app. When I try to share a link, Firefox gives me an error saying that messaging isn't my default app so it can't compose the SMS. Is there a place to change which app Firefox looks for when composing SMS messages?

Hello,
Did you choose share via 8sms? And what does the error message say exactly?
Thanks

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189

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> The locations of the files are different and none of them show up under
> the new user, but do show up for existing users.
Enable logging for GPP files to see what's happening:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/07/18/enabling-group-policy-preferences-debug-logging-using-the-rsat.aspx
Martin
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GUTES Buch über GPOs lesen?
NO THEY ARE NOT EVIL, if you know what you are doing:
Good or bad GPOs?
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I recently purchased a flash template. The one problem I am having is that the default page that starts up when you play the movie is not the page I want it to start on. It is starting on the gallery section of the menu item which is the 3rd tab and I wanted to start on the very first tab/menu item which is,About Us section. What steps would I take to change the default homepage so it opens on About Us instead of Gallery.
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Don't know what else to add. I always use Firefox. My husband refuses to. I have a shortcut for him to get to the internet, and it always came up to via IE. Now, I somehow accidentally changed the default browser to Firefox, so when using that shortcut, it takes him to the Firefox browser instead of IE. He is furious! How can I change it back?

You can make IE the default browser, that will reset some registry keys 
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Is it possible to change the default language of a computer remotely?
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dear, there.
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