Cannot save home page

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JasonA

Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user and the
username.
 
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty program.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
Don Varnau said:
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty program.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

JasonA said:
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user and the
username.
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You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

JasonA said:
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
Don Varnau said:
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through
settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty program.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

JasonA said:
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in
the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user and the
username.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I get: Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature,
or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help
files for more information.
Frank Saunders said:
You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"

JasonA said:
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
Don Varnau said:
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through
settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty program.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"JasonA" <Jason[at]Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in
the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked
permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user
and
the
username.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
None of the IE tweaks are ticked.
Frank Saunders said:
You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"

JasonA said:
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
Don Varnau said:
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through
settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty program.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"JasonA" <Jason[at]Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in
the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked
permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user
and
the
username.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
What other security/antispyware programs are you running?

As a test, you might try to set google as the homepage. Go to www.google.com
and click on "Make Google Your Homepage!"

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

JasonA said:
None of the IE tweaks are ticked.
Click to expand...
Frank Saunders said:
You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748
"JasonA" wrote in message
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through
settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
program.
"JasonA" <Jason[at]Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it in
the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked
permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user
and the username.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I've tried Adaware. Zone Alarm and Avast are running (they haven't caused
problems on other computers).

Don Varnau said:
What other security/antispyware programs are you running?

As a test, you might try to set google as the homepage. Go to
www.google.com
and click on "Make Google Your Homepage!"

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

JasonA said:
None of the IE tweaks are ticked.
Click to expand...
Frank Saunders said:
You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot:
'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature?
If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control
Panel".
See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748
"JasonA" wrote in message
I've got search & destroy on my machine as well - works fine. NAV and
Spyware Blaster are not installed.
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
Hi,
A number of security/anti-spyware programs can lock the homepage. Spybot
S&D, Norton AV 2006, Spyware Blaster- to name a few. Look through
settings
of those and similar programs to see if you can find the guilty
Click to expand...
program.
"JasonA" <Jason[at]Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
Using XP Home SP2 with updates

I cannot save the home page in IE6/XP: When I go back into options
www.microsoft.com/... is still the homepage. If I try to change it
in
the
registry I get an error that it cannot be saved. I have checked
permissions
on the Key and they are set to full for administrators, creator user
and the username.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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