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Default page settings
I'm facing the default page settings problem. I've set the dafault page
address, and click on Apply button. After that, I try to open internet explorer, the settings run again. Pls advice. Thanx. |
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This advice covers three types of home page locking - hijacking (by web
sites), hijacking (by viruses) and locking (by ISPs when you install their software, and computer manufacturers) Hijacking First, update to Internet Explorer 6. Most sites that try to hijack your home page will now trigger a 'do you want to do this' warning message that lets you stop the hijacking. The sneaky background activex downloads that are often used by hijack sites to install spyware will also trigger a 'do you want to do this' install window. Some web sites try to change your home page or search engine options if you visit them. Some that have been mentioned in the newsgroups include gohip, sureseeker, webcombo, cybersearch and passthison. Microsoft links to problems with the above sites are as follows: PassThisOn.com Home Page Appears When You Start Computer [Q309313] http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q309313 Cannot Change Default Home Page Setting from Webcombo Site [Q302459] http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q302459 More general advice can be found at the next link: Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your Home Page Setting http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;320159 In addition, you may discover that browser.secondpower.com is being added to your homepage URL. This link has an Uninstaller: http://www.secondpower.com/customer.html Please see this link for advice on security fixes that can help prevent such hijackings. http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#hijackings Also, there are some viruses that can reset your home page - so make sure that your antivirus is completely up to date. There is a clever little shareware programme that can help stop your home page being changed; it seems to work well but tends to trigger when you change your home page manually the next time that you start IE - the programme makes it much easier to take back control of your home page settings: http://www.pjwalczak.com/spguard/ Locking Some computer manufacturers and suppliers of internet access set IE to their home page and lock this setting via the registry. Hijackers use exactly the same trick. The locking is done using registry settings as per the following: Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your Home Page Setting (Q320159) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q320159 Specific registry settings affected a [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer\Control Panel] - DWORD "HomePage"=dword:00000001 (grays out the whole section) [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 -- __________________________________________ Hyperlinks used to ensure advice is current Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 http://inetexplorer.mvps.org Visit the Internet Explorer Community http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...y/default.mspx "Michael" wrote in message ... I'm facing the default page settings problem. I've set the dafault page address, and click on Apply button. After that, I try to open internet explorer, the settings run again. Pls advice. Thanx. |
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