"Heather" wrote:
> Where I work, we set up all PCs so that the default home page on the PC is
> our website. I don't remember how long ago, but the company that hosts our
> website made a change and whenever you typed in our web address it added
> /index.htm to it. So when we set up any new PCs, IE used the entire address,
> including the /index.htm. We have redone our website and it went live
> Tuesday. Now the web address with the /index.htm doesn't work. Here is
> where the problem is, anyone who previously had their home page set to ours
> with the /index.htm cannot change it! I am the only here who has IE7 and I
> cannot change mine, but there are others here who have IE6 can also cannot.
> We do have a group policy set up that only certain logins are members of, and
> their home page is set to ours and it cannot be changed, but they are okay.
> Some people here have a different website set up as their homepage and they
> can change theirs to the new one.
>
> As I have done research on this, I have uninstalled Ad-Aware and Spybot from
> my PC in case they were restricting the change. I also unchecked the Link
> Enabled on all our group policies, forced an update on my PC and tried to
> change the home page, but that didn't help. I cannot change the home page in
> the registry setting as is suggested my article 320159.
>
> Help! I am all out of ideas, and need to get this fixed. For now, our web
> site hosting company has put back out the /index.htm, but they say it is only
> out there temporarily. Not sure how it can be temporary when they seem to
> have made it a permanent change at some point in time, but it at least
> aleviates some of my headache.
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas or suggestions anyone may have.
>
> Heather
Mu guess is something to with your caches on these PCs and the server, try
to clear or force the browser to look for new pages every time its open, how?.
= Click Start >> Control Panel>>Network and Internet Connections >> Double
click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced.
Under General Tab click on Settings button.
On the settings window make sure this Radio button is selected/active:
(*) Automatically
or (*) Every time you start IE.
Click [OK] and see if the browser will pull the new page!.
In the registry Editor click on this KEY:
[+] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
Loook in the Right Pane/Window for Local Page Right click on it and select
Modify.
In the new window Input the Data C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\blank.htm and click OK.
Then Locate *Start Page* and there put the New Home page you want, Right
Click on it and select Modify and in the Data:
http://www.bbc.co.uk for Ex
and click OK.
The same on this KEY:
[+] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
Local Page change to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\blank.htm.
Start Page
:http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/reddir.dll?prd={SUB_PRD}&clcid={SUB_CLSID}&pver={SUB_PVER}&ar=home
click OK and Exit the Registry Editor change the home page on the IE
Properties also and Reboot and see if the issue resolved.
Try the Home Page Lock and Unlock from here- line 63 1st column:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
HTH.
nass
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