Firefox gpo is set in about:config but start page fails

Hello,
I have firefox adm & GPO 0.9.4 installed and working.
I see where the GPO was been pushed to the clients in the about:config screen.
The home button works correctly,
But the startup page always comes up as the firefox splash screen
and
New Tabs open up blank.
Here are my settings:
Mozilla Firefox/Locked Settings/General Options
Homepage - Enabled - 10.0.0.10:8000
Mozilla Firefox/Locked Settings/General Options
browser.startup.homepage - Enabled - 10.0.0.10:8000
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone - Enabled - 10.0.0.10:8000
browser.startup.page - Enabled - 1
browser.tabs.loadOnNewTab - Enabled - 1
Is there something else I need to do?
Thanks in Advance
~D

What prefs are being set and to what values?
Note that Firefox set some prefs automatically and may reset the Firefox profile folder if it detects a different Firefox version then has been used the previous time, so be cautious to set any prefs that deal with Firefox versions.
See also:
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