Re: cant change my default home page

From: brute force (fvbruno_at_optonline.net)
Date: 12/19/04 

Date: 19 Dec 2004 10:47:17 -0800

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE wrote:
> "Frank" <fvbruno@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:A81xd.3004$6s7.2481@fe12.lga
> > I keep getting a page I have had for years. but id like to change
the
> > page to a new one. this is not one of those hijacks. i just cant
seem
> > to change it to another page. I even went into the registry. could
i
> > have a setting that wont let me change my home page?
> >
> > thanks for your help
>
> You don't give much information. What happens when you try?
>
> 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\CurrentVersion\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
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

thanks for the info but i have tried some of the above. to answer your
question of what happens when i try , it reverts back to my
original...the one i have had for a while and cant change. the reg
setting Main is as you say above. real perplexing.

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