homepage registry value

[Ross]

I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i read
online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered for
searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230. Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went into the
registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the string value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do just to
get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
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[Ross]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If you're running Norton AntiVirus or Kaspersky Anti-Virus, see
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/srfail.html

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

 

[Ross]

So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7, if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

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So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
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Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks

 

[Ross]

Thanks for the help so far,
I've got the internet options to stop freezing for whatever reason, not sure
how. but when i type a site that I know i've visited recently in the address
bar it doesn't bring up any of the sites that begin with the letters i've
started to type in. how can i fix this

YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
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--
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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie 7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page value

:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

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Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate 4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and

seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

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Thanks for the help so far,
I've got the internet options to stop freezing for whatever reason, not
sure
how. but when i type a site that I know i've visited recently in the
address bar it doesn't bring up any of the sites that begin with the
letters i've started to type in. how can i fix this

YW. (Bet you have NAV installed!)

=> Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to and
seek support in this newsgroup: microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

So i restored my system back a week ago, it solved the start page
problem.
my problem now is how do i get the internet tab to stop freezing in ie
7,
if
this isn't the right place where should i ask this question

:

Hi,
If you only edited one registry key and know which one, I could send a
REG
file to replace that key. Do you know which key it was?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

I tried to do a system restore, but all the dates I've selected for
the
restore have come back saying windows is unable to restore your
system
to
that date.

I did't back up the registry keys before I deleted the Start Page
value

:

And did you back-up any/all Registry keys before you altered them?

Regedit Basics
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/regedit.htm

Do you have an available Restore Point that predates the changes to
the
Registry but postdates the install of IE7?
=================
Those with IE7-specific questions or comments are asked to post to
and
seek support in this newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:

http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Ross wrote:
I upgraded from ie6 to ie7 and my homepage became acer.yahoo.com. i
read online they (acer and yahoo) have an agreement and are
partnered
for searching as is dell with google. i have an acer travelmate
4230.
Anyway I
tried to normally change my homepage, it wouldn't work. then i went
into the registry to try and change it. I ended up deleting the
string
value for
Start Page and now get an about:blank everytime i open IE. I tried
uninstalling and reinstalling that didn't work. What do I need to
do
just to get my homepage assigning ability back. Thanks

 

[David Morgan \(MAMS\)]

IE | Tools | Options | Advanced |

Check the box for, "Use in-line auto-complete for Internet Explorer

Whe you perform your basic maintenance of clearing the cache,
cookies, and deleting history, the auto-complete feature will be blank.