Address for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Ramesh ?

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Dave R.

Verizon DSL has made MSN.com Microsoft Internet Explorer (Version
6.0.2800.1106) my default home page. Seems the only way to change it is to
type in the address which I don't have. I tried downloading IE default tool
Ramesh gave someone here but MSN over rides it. Would someone provide it
please.
TIA
Dave
 
Thanks Warren, I've run both. It doesn't seem to be a highjacking. I
appreciate your answer.
Dave
 
Dave R. said:
Thanks Warren, I've run both. It doesn't seem to be a highjacking. I
appreciate your answer.
Dave
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"Some ISP's provide a customised version of IE. Some Web pages will also
reset your home page and do this. One of the customisations 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\Internet 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\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explo
rer] - DWORD "NoSetHomePage"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
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.
 
Mac, Thanks for all you provided, with Verizon and MSN hooked together, I'm
sure you're right. I'll do as you suggested tomorrow. I'd best stop working
on this and get some flowers ETC or this problem will pale in comparison.
;-- )
Again, many thanks.
Dave
 
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