homepage registry value

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I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i read
online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered for
searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230. Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went into the
registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the string value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do just to
get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks
 
And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

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Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
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I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value
 
Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Ross said:
I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value
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So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7, if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Ross said:
I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value
Click to expand...
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YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

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AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Ross said:
I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value
Click to expand...
:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
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Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for the help so far,
I've got the internet options to stop freezing for whatever reason, not sure
how. but when i type a site that I know i've visited recently in the address
bar it doesn't bring up any of the sites that begin with the letters i've
started to type in. how can i fix this

PA Bear said:
YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
Click to expand...
Thanks for the help so far,
I've got the internet options to stop freezing for whatever reason, not
sure
how. but when i type a site that I know i've visited recently in the
address bar it doesn't bring up any of the sites that begin with the
letters i've started to type in. how can i fix this

PA Bear said:
YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page
problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie
7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

:

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for
the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your
system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page
value

:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to
the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to
and
seek support in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are
partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate
4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to
do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
IE | Tools | Options | Advanced |

Check the box for, "Use in-line auto-complete for Internet Explorer

Whe you perform your basic maintenance of clearing the cache,
cookies, and deleting history, the auto-complete feature will be blank.
 
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