Homepage won't change.
 

When I change my homepage in IE it always reverts back to the original the next time i switch my PC on. I seem to remember there was a way to do it in the NTL setup but I can't find it, any help appreciated.

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What is it changing back to, some websites can hijack your browser.

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It's changing back to PC Advisor

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One of these will probably help :)

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try running adaware or summat similar :)

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Thanks for your input lads, I feel a bit embarrassed I forgot I had StartPage Guard installed. All sorted now. :o

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:D :rofl:

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DOH,;) :tu:
The good thing is that you fessed up, and let us know,

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:knock: :knock: :knock: :knock: :knock:


:D :D :D

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Now that the problem's been solved, can I add a little something that might be of interest.

When I installed ntl broadband it changed my home page to ntlworld. At the same time it greyed out the field in the part of IE that lets you change the homepage, so I seemed to be stuck with it. The ntl Help Desk washed their hands of the problem, so I did a bit of googling. The solution I found was to go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Inte rnet Explorer

in the Registry. Both the NoBrowserOptions key in Restrictions and the Homepage key in Control Panel were set to 0x00000001. I changed both values to 0 and this allowed my homepage to be changed.

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Complete b*stards :afire:

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Help... my homepage changed and I can't change it back. My buttons , current, default and nopage are grayed out.
I went to the regedit section in my windows explorer , as I was reading in the forum as to what to do.. and when I clicked on the "regedit" to open it... it was blocked,,, said it was blocked by my ISP... called my Isp and they said they didnt' do it... Help..... how do I get in there to change it?
:confused:

Re: Homepage won't change.
 

Hi jitterbug3577 and :welcome: to the site m8 :)

First question - Is your computer on a domain (company network). If not can you detail any software you have recently installed.

Re: Homepage won't change.
 

Try Start>Run>

Type 'regedit', press ok, or enter.. what comes up?

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possibly some form of spyware , have you run adaware or something similar :)

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Just a couple of things.

1) Run Spybot or Adaware
2) Delete everything both programs find
3) Download spywareblaster Here
4) You will need to download two additional updates to make spywareblaster work properly and these can be found here and here

5) Make sure you keep downloading the updates for the three progs as they need to be able to detect and stop new spyware and mailware from being installed.

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Could also try running HijackThis
http://209.133.47.200/~merijn/files/HijackThis.exe

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try CWShedder also install regprot to detect any more changes to you reg

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also i found this useful at this site www.worldstart.com and the product is reg cleaner i found it good

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Sounds like some sort of group policy is running, which has these functions blocked. What OS are you using?

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I used to use Reg Cleaner on an older PC with Win 95, found it very good.

That software is out of date, and unfortunately the developer has sold out, you can get up to date Reg Cleaner but it is no longer freeware.:(

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reg cleaner is free and it has been improved i find it very good now, there is reg supreme but you pay for that and it about $14.00

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The link on that site is dated 05.20.02 and the download is version 4.3, dated 2001. If you try to update it or go to the website you are directed to the commercial company who bought out the software, Macecraft.
Where are you getting an up to date, free version from??

Edit: you can get the last "old" version following links on this page.
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...hreadid=145796