Help,
I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which may or may
not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform with a 1.8 Ghz
processor

The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to Google
every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.

The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not start. It
will connect to the internet but then I get the message that it has
encountered a problem and is going to close. I've tried restoring to
earlier times and have also done a safe reinstall but with no luck. One
other thing which may or may not be related is that the Windows XP Search
function no longer works either.

I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home disk.

Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I can do?

Pete

"Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Help,
> I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which may
> or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform with a
> 1.8 Ghz processor
>
> The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
> Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
>
> The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not start.
> It will connect to the internet but then I get the message that it has
> encountered a problem and is going to close. I've tried restoring to
> earlier times and have also done a safe reinstall but with no luck.
> One other thing which may or may not be related is that the Windows
> XP Search function no longer works either.
>
> I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
> disk.
>
> Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
> can do?
>
> Pete

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even when just
downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.

If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post back
in the same thread.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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Hi
can't go to that page because my browser doesn't work! Am already
running Spybot and am experiencing problems with that in certain views.
Also windows explorer is manifesting the same problems in certain
circumstances as is control panel. Have run my Virus checker, after
updating, and it did find a worm - Poz, I think - but it cured that.
(Thischeck was after my problems started).

Pete
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> > Help,
> > I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which may
> > or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform with a
> > 1.8 Ghz processor
> >
> > The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
> > Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
> >
> > The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not start.
> > It will connect to the internet but then I get the message that it has
> > encountered a problem and is going to close. I've tried restoring to
> > earlier times and have also done a safe reinstall but with no luck.
> > One other thing which may or may not be related is that the Windows
> > XP Search function no longer works either.
> >
> > I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
> > disk.
> >
> > Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
> > can do?
> >
> > Pete
>
> First eliminate any scumware.
> See
> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>
> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the other
> won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even when just
> downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those two programs.
>
> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please post
back
> in the same thread.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>

"Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
> can't go to that page because my browser doesn't work! Am already
> running Spybot and am experiencing problems with that in certain
> views. Also windows explorer is manifesting the same problems in
> certain circumstances as is control panel. Have run my Virus
> checker, after updating, and it did find a worm - Poz, I think - but
> it cured that. (Thischeck was after my problems started).
>
> Pete

When did you last update SpyBot S & D?
SpyBot S & D doesn't catch everything.

--
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> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
>>> Help,
>>> I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which may
>>> or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform with a
>>> 1.8 Ghz processor
>>>
>>> The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
>>> Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
>>>
>>> The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not start.
>>> It will connect to the internet but then I get the message that it
>>> has encountered a problem and is going to close. I've tried
>>> restoring to earlier times and have also done a safe reinstall but
>>> with no luck. One other thing which may or may not be related is
>>> that the Windows XP Search function no longer works either.
>>>
>>> I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
>>> disk.
>>>
>>> Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
>>> can do?
>>>
>>> Pete
>>
>> First eliminate any scumware.
>> See
>> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>>
>> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
>> other won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even
>> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those
>> two programs.
>>
>> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please
>> post back in the same thread.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE

Hi
I updated Spybot 2 days before I noticed the problems.

Am now experiencing problems with Word as well and If I click on a hyperlink
in an e-mail everything freezes until I close down OE with Task Manager.
Oddly enough this is the effect of trying to use Windows XP Search too.

Pete

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)
> > Hi
> > can't go to that page because my browser doesn't work! Am already
> > running Spybot and am experiencing problems with that in certain
> > views. Also windows explorer is manifesting the same problems in
> > certain circumstances as is control panel. Have run my Virus
> > checker, after updating, and it did find a worm - Poz, I think - but
> > it cured that. (Thischeck was after my problems started).
> >
> > Pete
>
> When did you last update SpyBot S & D?
> SpyBot S & D doesn't catch everything.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> >>> Help,
> >>> I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which may
> >>> or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform with a
> >>> 1.8 Ghz processor
> >>>
> >>> The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
> >>> Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
> >>>
> >>> The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not start.
> >>> It will connect to the internet but then I get the message that it
> >>> has encountered a problem and is going to close. I've tried
> >>> restoring to earlier times and have also done a safe reinstall but
> >>> with no luck. One other thing which may or may not be related is
> >>> that the Windows XP Search function no longer works either.
> >>>
> >>> I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
> >>> disk.
> >>>
> >>> Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
> >>> can do?
> >>>
> >>> Pete
> >>
> >> First eliminate any scumware.
> >> See
> >> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
> >> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> >>
> >> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
> >> other won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even
> >> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just those
> >> two programs.
> >>
> >> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please
> >> post back in the same thread.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
>

"Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> Hi
> I updated Spybot 2 days before I noticed the problems.
>
> Am now experiencing problems with Word as well and If I click on a
> hyperlink in an e-mail everything freezes until I close down OE with
> Task Manager. Oddly enough this is the effect of trying to use
> Windows XP Search too.
>
> Pete

As I said, SpyBot S & D won't catch everything.
Go back to http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and try Ad-Aware and
HijackThis.

--
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http://www.fjsmjs.com
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Protect Your PC
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>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)
>>> Hi
>>> can't go to that page because my browser doesn't work! Am
>>> already running Spybot and am experiencing problems with that in
>>> certain views. Also windows explorer is manifesting the same
>>> problems in certain circumstances as is control panel. Have run my
>>> Virus checker, after updating, and it did find a worm - Poz, I
>>> think - but it cured that. (Thischeck was after my problems
>>> started).
>>>
>>> Pete
>>
>> When did you last update SpyBot S & D?
>> SpyBot S & D doesn't catch everything.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
>>
>>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
>>>>> Help,
>>>>> I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which
>>>>> may or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform
>>>>> with a
>>>>> 1.8 Ghz processor
>>>>>
>>>>> The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
>>>>> Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
>>>>>
>>>>> The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not
>>>>> start. It will connect to the internet but then I get the message
>>>>> that it has encountered a problem and is going to close. I've
>>>>> tried restoring to earlier times and have also done a safe
>>>>> reinstall but with no luck. One other thing which may or may not
>>>>> be related is that the Windows XP Search function no longer works
>>>>> either.
>>>>>
>>>>> I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
>>>>> disk.
>>>>>
>>>>> Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
>>>>> can do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>> First eliminate any scumware.
>>>> See
>>>> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
>>>> Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>>>>
>>>> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
>>>> other won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even
>>>> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just
>>>> those two programs.
>>>>
>>>> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please
>>>> post back in the same thread.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE

As I said, SpyBot S & D won't catch everything.
Go back to http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and try Ad-Aware and
HijackThis.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Hi,
as I said I can't go to your link because a)My browser doesn't work and b)
when I click on a Hyperlink the computer freezes.

However, I managed to update Spybot again and ran the program and it
identified the problem "home page" which I asked it to fix and it said that
it had. I've just looked and it's still "Search-Space" not Google.

Pete
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> > Hi
> > I updated Spybot 2 days before I noticed the problems.
> >
> > Am now experiencing problems with Word as well and If I click on a
> > hyperlink in an e-mail everything freezes until I close down OE with
> > Task Manager. Oddly enough this is the effect of trying to use
> > Windows XP Search too.
> >
> > Pete
>
> As I said, SpyBot S & D won't catch everything.
> Go back to http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and try Ad-Aware and
> HijackThis.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
> >
> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)
> >>> Hi
> >>> can't go to that page because my browser doesn't work! Am
> >>> already running Spybot and am experiencing problems with that in
> >>> certain views. Also windows explorer is manifesting the same
> >>> problems in certain circumstances as is control panel. Have run my
> >>> Virus checker, after updating, and it did find a worm - Poz, I
> >>> think - but it cured that. (Thischeck was after my problems
> >>> started).
> >>>
> >>> Pete
> >>
> >> When did you last update SpyBot S & D?
> >> SpyBot S & D doesn't catch everything.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
> >>
> >>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >>> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>> "Pete Cumberland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)
> >>>>> Help,
> >>>>> I've been experiencing 2 problems with my IE6 browser which
> >>>>> may or may not be related. I'm running IE6 on XP Home platform
> >>>>> with a
> >>>>> 1.8 Ghz processor
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The first is that no matter how many times I set my hope page to
> >>>>> Google every time I restart my browser it goes to Search-Space.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The second, and more serious, is that now my browser will not
> >>>>> start. It will connect to the internet but then I get the message
> >>>>> that it has encountered a problem and is going to close. I've
> >>>>> tried restoring to earlier times and have also done a safe
> >>>>> reinstall but with no luck. One other thing which may or may not
> >>>>> be related is that the Windows XP Search function no longer works
> >>>>> either.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I only have a manufacturers restore disk not the original XP Home
> >>>>> disk.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Short of reinstalling with a quick format is there anything else I
> >>>>> can do?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Pete
> >>>>
> >>>> First eliminate any scumware.
> >>>> See
> >>>> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search
> >>>> Engines http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that AdAware and SpyBot S & D will each catch some things the
> >>>> other won't. Also, each need to be updated before every use, even
> >>>> when just downloaded. There's also a lot more to do than just
> >>>> those two programs.
> >>>>
> >>>> If trying everything at that site does not fix the problem please
> >>>> post back in the same thread.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
>
> As I said, SpyBot S & D won't catch everything.
> Go back to http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm and try Ad-Aware and
> HijackThis.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Reply to Newsgroup. I won't answer email
> Protect Your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>

> --> Click on MANAGE AD-ONS ( From here you have to disable all the
> UNPUBLISHED ITEMS .... Applicable for if SP2 is installed).

That is not a fix. That is a diagnostic (similar to unchecking
Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)
or using tools such as BHODemon.

If those things stop a problem symptom it means that you have
hidden the cause of the problem. It is a strong indication that
your system is infested with hidden undesirable software modules
(aka malware, spyware, etc.); so you should then do some serious
scanning (e.g. using tools such as AdAware, SpybotSD, etc.)
to try to discover the extent of the problem and hopefully correct it too.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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>
> hi Pete!
>
> Following are the steps to resolve the issue.
>
> Go to
>
> Internet Explorer --> Tools -> Internet Options -> General -> Click on
> USE BLANK / Click on DELETE FILES / Click on DELETE COOKIES.
>
> Then go to
>
> Internet options -> Programs --> Click on RESET WEB SETTINGS.
>
> --> Click on MANAGE AD-ONS ( From here you have to disable all the
> UNPUBLISHED ITEMS .... Applicable for if SP2 is installed).
>
> And restart the computer.... this is should fix the Issue.
>
> if no go then reply me!
>
>
> --
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