Re: Security update Issue - IE

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 05/10/04 

Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:43:56 -0700

You're my hero! It worked!!!

>-----Original Message-----
>"DE" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:a56601c43568$53ac05b0$a501280a@phx.gbl
>> After finally installing the automated MS Security
>> updates, and after rebooting - i notice my home page has
>> been set to msn.com and i cannot change this. (it's
blocks
>> it out)
>>
>> I remember now, why I deinstalled the security updates
and
>> my internet explorer in the past and my IE worked
>> perfectly. I don't want to miss out any security
update -
>> but I don't want MSN to save me to their home page.
>>
>> Can someone help?
>
>>From http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/homepage.htm
>
>If you have SpyBot S&D installed, go to the "Immunize"
section.
>Is "Lock IE Start Page Settings" ticked?
>If so, uncheck it.
>
>If that is not the problem, get and run these programs
(if you test after
>each one you can stop when the problem is gone):
>Ad-Aware:
>http://www.lavasoftusa.com
>Once installed make sure to update via online before
scanning!
>and
>Spybot - Search & Destroy -
>http://security.kolla.de/
>http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
>http://spybot.eon.net.au/
>http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
>Once installed make sure to update via online before
scanning!
>and
>BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/
>
>Until the problem is solved.
>
>
>If you still have problems, some ISP's provide a
customized version of IE.
>Some Web pages will also reset your home page and do
this. One of the
>customizations they might make is to disable the ability
to change the home
>page, so that you are forced to use their home page. You
can re-enable this
>by making a small change in the Windows registry.
>
>In Regedit, navigate to this key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control
>Panel
>
>In the right-hand pane, right-click the "HomePage" value,
then select
>Modify. Change it to: 00 00 00 00
>
>Also change either or these to zero 0 instead of 1 if
present:
>
>
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Policies\Explorer]
> - DWORD "NoSetHomePage"=dword:00000001
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
>Explorer\Restrictions] -
DWORD "NoSetHomePage"=dword:00000001
>
>If you don't have this key, browse to:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Main
>
>and in the right hand pane, double click "Local Page" and
set equal to
>"C:\WINDOWS\System\blank.htm" (no quotes) which will
hopefully set your Home
>Page to blank and then allow you to subsequently modify
it using Internet
>Options.
>
>Exit regedit and reboot.
>
>When you reboot, you should be able to change the home
page again.
>
>Some pages will also download a program which keeps
changing it back. Go to
>Start | Run and type:
>msconfig
>and press <Enter> or click OK. Go to the Startup tab.
>See if you can identify any suspicious programs. If you
can, uncheck it, If
>you can't, change the home page to what you want and then
uncheck one and
>then reboot. Try IE. If the Web page changed, change it
back and then try
>msconfig again, rechecking the last one and unchecking
the next. Keep doing
>this until you find the culprit.
>
>
>You might also want to look at this little program. I
haven't tried it, but
>I've read encouraging reports:
>
>http://www.pjwalczak.com/spguard/
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>Protect your PC
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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