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Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it as the default. Can anyone help? Thanks  SignatureR Yes I have the same problem. Sorry I have no answer for you, posted mine yesterday. > Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it as > the default. Can anyone help? > > Thanks Hi, These and other third-party programs can lock the IE homepage. Examine the settings of security/privacy/antispyware programs for a disable option. Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks and/or Teatimer Ad-aware Pro Norton AV 2006 Spyware Blaster Spysweeper Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be resolved in later versions. If you don't wish to dig through settings of whichever security/privacy programs you have installed, you could startup in Safe Mode, change the homepage then restart. But... it's a good idea to check these settings occasionally. 315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 Hope this helps, Don [MS MVP- IE] > Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it as [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > R Text from IE& Help below: > Hi, > These and other third-party programs can lock the IE homepage. Examine the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> R To change your home page Your home page is displayed when Internet Explorer first opens or when you click the Home button , and it can consist of either a single page or a set of pages. To set the current webpage as the home page To make the webpage you're currently on your home page, follow these steps. 1.. If you have not already done so, open Internet Explorer and go to the page you want to use as the home page. 2.. Click the arrow to the right of the Home button , and then click Add or Change home page. 3.. In the Add or Change Home Page dialog box, do one of the following: a.. To make the current webpage your only home page, click Use this webpage as your only home page. b.. To start a home page tab set or to add the current webpage to your set of home page tabs, click Add this webpage to your home page tabs. c.. To replace your existing home page or home page tab set with the webpages you currently have open, click Use the current tab set as your home page. This option will only be available if you have more than one tab open in Internet Explorer. 4.. Click Yes to save your changes. > Text from IE& Help below: The OP KNOWS how to change the home page - but it doesn't STICK........ Hi Smirnoff, thanks for the advice, but I guess most peole on this chat would already know that. Problem is it doesn't stay. > Text from IE& Help below: > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > in Internet Explorer. > 4.. Click Yes to save your changes. Yes, I realise that now. Apart from general advice about (temporarily) disabling third-party stuff and add-ons, have you tried CWShredder? http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/ CoolWebSearch could be the problem. > Hi Smirnoff, thanks for the advice, but I guess most peole on this chat > would already know that. Problem is it doesn't stay. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> than one tab open in Internet Explorer. >> 4.. Click Yes to save your changes. Install the Google tool bar and you can select your home page permanently and also have a button for an alternate home page SignatureJohn > Hi Smirnoff, thanks for the advice, but I guess most peole on this chat > would [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> in Internet Explorer. >> 4.. Click Yes to save your changes. If, say, Norton AV 2007 is the reason I can't change my Home Page I will not stop using NAV, nor will I jump through hoops to get said page changed. I, simply, will lay the blame where it belongs and refuse to use IE7. > Hi, > These and other third-party programs can lock the IE homepage. Examine the [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> R These programs are doing what they're designed to do- block homepage changes, if that feature is enabled. Users simply don't realize that a third-party program (which they voluntarily installed) is the culprit. These programs do the same thing with IE6 if the homepage lock is enabled. Don [MS MVP- IE] > If, say, Norton AV 2007 is the reason I can't change my Home Page I will > not stop using NAV, nor will I jump through hoops to get said page > changed. I, simply, will lay the blame where it belongs and refuse to > use IE7. > > Hi, > > These and other third-party programs can lock the IE homepage. Examine the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > 315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222 > >> Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > >> times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it > > as > >> the default. Can anyone help? Thanks. Tried the security settings with no success. Started PC in safe mode which allowed me to delete the home page. Restarted normally tried to set new home page, would not let me, kept defaulting to the blank page. Went back into safe mode, set the home page, now it works fine apart from openeing up twice - which at this point I can live with. Life seems to short to have spend time in front of a PC fixing c...p like this! Happy days! SignatureR > Hi, > These and other third-party programs can lock the IE homepage. Examine the [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > R Have you tried CWShredder yet? > Thanks. Tried the security settings with no success. Started PC in safe > mode which allowed me to delete the home page. Restarted normally tried [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>> >>> R > Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it as > the default. Can anyone help? > > Thanks Robbo - I had the same problem when 1st using IE7. Managed to fix it this way. Open IE7 Use the black arrow next to the 'House'. REMOVE, REMOVE ALL, home pages. Go to your home page. Black arrow again, Add Change Home Page/s, USE this page as your only home page. Restart IE7. Good luck regards (my) Last Word > Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it > as the default. Can anyone help? > > Thanks Robbo and John R, just to keep me happy, please run CWShredder http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/ CoolWebSearch is a known Browser (Trojan) Hijacker. SpyBot S&D does scan for certain versions of it but CWShredder is the real business. I too have the same problem. Smirnoff ran the CWS tool and it found nothing... Something has the registry key locked. I deleted the Start Page key and tried to recreate it and as soon as you name it Start Page it gets removed. I have yet to find which program has the lock on it. Wish there was a way to see what processes are locking it. > > Installed IE7. It defaults to msn.com as the home page no matter how many > > times I remove it and add another home page. I cant seem to get rid of it [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > SpyBot S&D does scan for certain versions of it but CWShredder is the real > business. Just found the problem it was the Norton AntiVirus portion of Norton Internet Security 2007. It is set to alert anytime an attempted change is made but it wasnt doing it. > I too have the same problem. Smirnoff ran the CWS tool and it found nothing... > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > SpyBot S&D does scan for certain versions of it but CWShredder is the real > > business. |
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