Re: can't change IE settings (homepage, default search, etc) from my original choices

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 02:32:42 -0500

Hi,

>I also ran HijackThis but didn't find anything suspicious.

What did it find?

In the meantime, run the edit on line 268
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm 

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"Dominic" <nntp_client1@toccionline.com> wrote in message 
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> This one is strange, because normally I'd suspect SPYWARE.  However, I ran
> adaware, spybot, and webroot spysweeper and they found nothing.  I also 
> ran
> HijackThis but didn't find anything suspicious.
>
> The problem comes when I try to change my homepage in IE.  I change it and
> hit apply, but when I go back into the options or hit the home button it
> gets reset to the old homepage.  I also run the google toolbar, and I try 
> to
> check the box to use google as my default search in IE.  When I go to the
> options again, the box is unchecked.
>
> It seems that all settings are somehow protected so they can't be changed.
>
> I am running a firewall, popup blocker, and winpatrol.  I thought they 
> might
> be protecting the homepage and settings, so I exited all of those 
> programs.
> I then went into my task manager and killed all the non-critical 
> processes.
> I still could not successfully change my homepage.
>
> I attempted to change the homepage in the registry.  Then I get an error
> (which does not log itself in the computer management errors) that says 
> the
> setting cannot be changed.
>
> This happens for my user account (with admin rights) but not for the admin
> account.  So it is user account specific.
>
> What else could possibly cause this behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> Dominic
>
>