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| Re: Can't change Home Page (NEW EMAIL: jdsmull@prtcnet.com) Do you have the reg entries for Win 7 64 bit. I have the same problem NOT MALWARE nothing I do will change the home from es-msn.com (I don't speak spanish) Thank You "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote: > "Bobd" <Bobd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:12D2C944-0793-432A-BAFB-D3640481A4A1@microsoft.com... > > IE7 will not let me change my home page! I can add another home page. In > > fact, I can add as many home pages as I like and when I open IE, they all > > open in separate tabs. But I simply cannot delete the original home page. > > If I use TOOLS | OPTIONS and change the home page to either "Current" or > > "Blank", as soon as I click "apply", close the dialog box, it goes right > > back > > to the original home page. If I try to do any of this from the dropdown > > next > > to the home icon, same thing happens. I click the "remove" and whether I > > click "all" or the name of the page itself, it doesn't matter - it just > > won't > > delete it. So am I stuck with this home page forever? > > From http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/homepage.htm > > If you have SpyBot S&D installed, go to the "Immunize" section. > Is "Lock IE Start Page Settings" ticked? > If so, uncheck it. > > Similarly, AntiVir's AdWatch by Avira has the same effect, and will not > let you change the homepage - nor will it let you alter the advanced > settings in the property section. You have first to disable the option > "Block possible browser hijack attempts" in the option section of AdWatch. > > A few of the other programs now doing this are: > Ad-aware's Ad-Watch > McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware > Norton AV > Spyware Blaster > Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks > Spybot- Teatimer > Spysweeper > Windows Defender > Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions. > > In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 it actually has to be uninstalled. Make sure > the Windows Firewall is turned on until you reinstall Zone Alarm. > > Boot into Safe Mode with Networking with Networking and try the change. > > > If that is not the problem, get and run these programs (if you test after > each one you can stop when the problem is gone): > Ad-Aware: > http://www.lavasoftusa.com > Once installed make sure to update via online before scanning! > and > Spybot - Search & Destroy - > http://security.kolla.de/ > http://security.kolla.de/index.php?l...&page=download > http://spybot.eon.net.au/ > http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/ > Once installed make sure to update via online before scanning! > and > BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/ > > Until the problem is solved. > > If you still have problems, some ISP's provide a customized version of IE. > Some Web pages will also reset your home page and do this. One of the > customizations they might make is to disable the ability to change the home > page, so that you are forced to use their home page. You can re-enable this > by making a small change in the Windows registry. > > In Regedit, navigate to this key: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Control > Panel > > In the right-hand pane, right-click the "HomePage" value, then select > Modify. Change it to: 00 00 00 00 > > Also change either or these to zero 0 instead of 1 if present: > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer] > - DWORD "NoSetHomePage"=dword:00000001 > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet > Explorer\Restrictions] - DWORD "NoSetHomePage"=dword:00000001 > > If you don't have this key, browse to: > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main > > and in the right hand pane, double click "Local Page" and set equal to > "C:\WINDOWS\System\blank.htm" (no quotes) which will hopefully set your Home > Page to blank and then allow you to subsequently modify it using Internet > Options. > > Exit regedit and reboot. > > When you reboot, you should be able to change the home page again. > > Some pages will also download a program which keeps changing it back. Go to > Start | Run and type: > msconfig > and press <Enter> or click OK. Go to the Startup tab. > See if you can identify any suspicious programs. If you can, uncheck it, If > you can't, change the home page to what you want and then uncheck one and > then reboot. Try IE. If the Web page changed, change it back and then try > msconfig again, rechecking the last one and unchecking the next. Keep doing > this until you find the culprit. > > -- > Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM > http://www.fjsmjs.com > Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email. > > |
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| Re: Can't change Home Page 1. NEVER post or use your real email address in a public newsgroup or forum! 2. You're reply to a thread from January 2007! 3. Our colleague Franks Saunders passed away in early 2009. Please begin a new thread about your specific problems. State your IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP2) in your first post. Thank you. jdsmull wrote: > (NEW EMAIL: [MUNGE]@[MUNGE].com) > Do you have the reg entries for Win 7 64 bit. I have the same problem NOT > MALWARE > nothing I do will change the home from es-msn.com (I don't speak spanish) > Thank You > > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote: <snip>. |
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