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cemhlm
Posted 5/16/2008 12:05:08 PM




On installation of Vista on my Lenovo Laptop the homepage in IE was set to
Lenovo, I have changed this to BBC/NEWS and set this to be the only homepage
I want.

However at least 2-3 times each day it reverts back to Lenovo homeppage, I
then have to reset it back to BBC/News.

I ideas why this is happening.
Post #112953
DL
Posted 5/16/2008 12:55:03 PM




Post in reply to: cemhlm
You can set a second home page in a new tab
Thats a quick solution



Post #112973
MickMurphy
Posted 5/16/2008 3:45:05 PM




Post in reply to: cemhlm
Did you click Apply before OK when setting it?
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia



Post #113069
cemhlm
Posted 5/17/2008 6:15:19 AM




Post in reply to: Mick Murphy
There is no apply option in Vista, all I get is "Do I want this page to be my
only homepage" YES or NO, no apply option is shown.


Post #113380
Malke
Posted 5/17/2008 6:25:08 AM




Post in reply to: cemhlm


Two ideas - 1) Lenovo has been naughty and locked your homepage (Bad
Behavior); 2) and/or you have a security program that is preventing changes
to your homepage. The latter is quite common and can be found in various
security programs such as Norton, McAfee, Spybot Search & Destroy,
Ad-aware, etc. So you should check to see what you have installed first.

For 1), I have these notes on how to modify Registry settings to remove the
unlocking. These notes were for XP so I don't know if they will work in
Vista. Please be very careful working in the Registry; a mistake can hose
your Windows installation.

Start/Run/Regedit (in Vista, Start Orb>Search box>type: regedit)
When Regedit appears in Results above, right-click it and run as
Administrator. You should export any keys you are going to change first so
you can restore them if things go amiss.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control
Panel\HomePage

In the right-hand panel, right-click the HomePage value and select Modify.
Change the value to: 00 00 00 00

Also see these keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Start Page"

[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

Change the values to 00 00 00 00.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!
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