Re: Help - Home page lockup

IE Home page grayed locked.

If you are using Spybot - Search & Destroy

Spybot - S & D
[+] Tools
IE Tweaks
Miscellaneous locks
UNCheck: Lock IE start page setting against user changes (current user)
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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top.
Scroll down to...
63. Home Page Lock - Home Page Unlock
Click on Home Page Unlock
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If you have XP Pro, check this setting in Group Policy.

Disable changing home page settings
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=700

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Or check these registry settings...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\
Internet Explorer\Control Panel
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\
Internet Explorer\Control Panel

Value Name: HomePage
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = Not locked
1 = Locked

Home page setting changes unexpectedly, or you cannot change your home page
setting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:uT9wKs$sGHA.4140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
OkieN <char@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
As I was loading the Explorer 6 updates from Microsoft on my
new PC with Windows XP Pro, the home page locked up to
www.msn.com. I have checked for virus and also run Spybot
and Ad-Aware. Nothing showed up bad ! How to unlock this
Home Page lockup? Please help.

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