Can't change homepage

[Guest]

Hi,
I don't seem to able to change my default homepage. As soon as I change it
in tools options it puts it back to what is was as soon as I close the
options.
I have tried changing it in the registry but a message pops up which says
"can not edit start page. Error writing values new contents", I can't even
delete the start page value. I have dowloaded a homepage unlock reg entry
but this did not make any difference. I don't know what else I could do.
Can I re-install ie6 somehow?
Can anyone please help?
Thanks
Pez

 

[RJK]

Hello Pez,

I'm in the same boat with my Aunties PC, can't chang her home page from
uk.msn.com, and believe me I've tried - see my post a short distance from
this one !
I'm within inches from reinstalling her entire machine - which I did just a
few weeks ago, and the problem was there from the start. She's on dial-up
and the connection set-up wizard which always forces one off to msn can
usually be changed after the first connection but, it got stuck on hers and
I can't budge it !

regards, Richard

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Hi,
I don't seem to able to change my default homepage. As soon as I change
it
in tools options it puts it back to what is was as soon as I close the
options.
I have tried changing it in the registry but a message pops up which says
"can not edit start page. Error writing values new contents", I can't even
delete the start page value. I have dowloaded a homepage unlock reg entry
but this did not make any difference. I don't know what else I could do.
Can I re-install ie6 somehow?
Can anyone please help?
Thanks
Pez

Sounds like a malware infection.

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315