I always found 'school' painful. I have to say I would=20
have ignored 'me'in this case. Thanks for persisting and

Well done, Noel (and Mike). vbg

-----Original Message-----
That looks a little healthier, Ben! - wasn't *that*=20
painful, was it?


--=20
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post=20
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...2001/Mar01/Mar
27pmvp.asp

"Ben B" wrote in=20
message
...
Humph!

I know a couple of conspirators more devious than myself
when I read their writing.

Internet Explorer
Q832894 (details...)
Q837009 (details...)
SP1 (SP1)


Microsoft Corporation - Internet Explorer Version
6.00.2800.1106 *

Courtesy MM.NP and Belarc.

Big sigh,

Ben.


-----Original Message-----
Just get the IE6 update, Ben!!

--=20
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../2001/Mar01/Ma
r
27pmvp.asp

"Ben B" wrote in
message
.. .
Hello Mike,

I will respond to what I think you will agree is the most
important issue here. The question of my version of I.E.

I have a post made (regarding my using Windows Updates}
immediately following my format and install in which I
expressed my difficulty concerning the SP2 installation.=20
I
copy it he

"Subject: Updates will not install after PF and I.
From: "Ben B"
Sent: 6/25/2004 12:36:04 PM

Hello,

After a partition, format and install I went to the WU
site and with a single exception (I.E.6) accepted all the
available updates.

I have I.E. 5.5.4134.100 and O.E.5.4132.2400. (ex Belarc
and my computer).

Version of I.E. prior to PF and I : 5.51.4807.2300 (ex
Belarc which also shows SP2).

I have the downloaded updates for I.E. Q824145 and Q
832894
and for O.E. Q837009.

None of these will install. The reason given "This update
requires I.E.5.5 Service Pack 2 to be installed". The=20
same
applies to the O.E. update (sustituting O.E. for I.E.).

I cannot find this update.

Help/guidance appreciated."
****************************

I could not resolve that issue. Hence I am still using=20
the
mentioned version. I didn't go to I.E.6 (having tried it
out when it first came out I didn't like it).

I use with regularity (daily and updated) the following:

Lavasoft Adaware.
SpybotS & D.
CWShredder.
HijackThis.
SpywareBlaster.

I will add BHODemon.

Lavasoft regularly returns 2 registry entries=20
of "Possible
Browser Hijack..." here they are (this half an hour after
a previous scan showing them):

Possible Browser Hijack attempt RegData Data Miner
HKEY_CURRENT_USER:Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main"Start Page" ("about:blank") Possible=20
browser
hijack attempt
Possible Browser Hijack attempt RegData Data Miner
HKEY_USERS:.Default\Software\Microsoft\Interne t
Explorer\Main"Start Page" ("about:blank") Possible=20
browser
hijack attempt

I cannot tell the real MSN page from a false one.

I do appreciate your post and all it's detail, Mike.

Ben.

-----Original Message-----
Are you sure about this Ben and that your homepage=20
hasn't
been hijacked by
something purporting to be MSN? Incidentally I feel=20
that
as a matter of
urgency you need to upgrade your copy of Internet
Explorer to either IE5.5 SP2
or better to IE6 SP1.

This would be a good time to download yourself a copy=20
of
the free Ad-Aware
6.0 from Lavasoft
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) and also
SpyBot
(http://www.safer-networking.org/) and scan your system
for and remove all
unwanted parasites, adware and spyware that might be
hiding on your PC.

I would also suggest you download and run merijn's
CWShredder which targets
the CoolWebSearch parasite. CWShredder can be downloaded
from
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip)
..
Details of the many
forms of the CoolWebSearch hijacker can be found at
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/c...nicles.html=20
and
also
http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/c/cws.asp.

Other useful tools include BHODemon
(http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm that
checks for
unwanted Browser Help Objects and SpywareBlaster
(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html)
which can help prevent
some parasites getting a grip on your PC.

Finally if you still continue to experience problems
download a copy of
HijackThis from
(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html).
Create a
folder called hijackthis on C: and copy the file you
downloaded to that
folder. Close as many applications as you can including
all instances of
Internet Explorer and then run hijackthis.exe and post
back the log, provided
that it isn't too long, to this thread, otherwise to the
HijackThis Forum at
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/ and hopefully this
will enable someone to
identify the cause of your problem.
--=81
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Ben B wrote:

Hello,

I have always used 'About Blank' and I wish to=20
continue
using it. However since a recent repartition, format
and
install of WinMe I find MSN declines to let me have=20
the
priviledge of choice. My setting, 'About Blank' is
arbitrarily changed to MSN. This after a a very few
uses
of I.E. (version 5.50.4134.100)

I am puzzled by the fact that MSN is the 'Default' in
Internet Options. I wish my choice of 'About Blank' to
be
the default!

There must be a way of changing this. In the registry
for
instance, or, what would I.E.6 allow - were I to use
it?

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