Attn: Kelly -- Tweak line# 63 -- HomePageLock

[Dean King]

Looks like I'm about to recover from my week-end
in "SPY-ware HELL".... ( whew )...

But I still have the.. "HomePageLock" ( with IE )...

I saw your earlier note.. RE: "Tweak Line# 63"

I downloaded it .. ( "HomePageUnlock.reg" )
But I don't how to use it ???

Is the "reg" file extention "excutecutable" ???
Do I just "execute" it ... like an "exe" patch ????

As "Johnny-5" said ... Need more INPUT !!!

Dean King

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Is the "reg" file extention "excutecutable" ???

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

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Looks like I'm about to recover from my week-end
in "SPY-ware HELL".... ( whew )...

But I still have the.. "HomePageLock" ( with IE )...

I saw your earlier note.. RE: "Tweak Line# 63"

I downloaded it .. ( "HomePageUnlock.reg" )
But I don't how to use it ???

Is the "reg" file extention "excutecutable" ???
Do I just "execute" it ... like an "exe" patch ????

As "Johnny-5" said ... Need more INPUT !!!

Dean King

 

[Dean King]

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

Well.. that would be just fine and dandy...
.... If I were a "mind reader".... but I am not !!!

You "MVP" folks are very helphul .. ( usually )...
And from the astronomical number of help
requests that flow through this NG .. I certainly
understand that you are * BUSY * !!!

I also understand the "tweak" file I downloaded
.... "HomrPageLock.reg" is a registry entry..
but there are ( probably ) thousands of registry
entries in XP. Am I supposed to just start by
trying to GUESS where this particular entry
goes.. then keep guessing .. until maybe I may
* eventually * make the right GUESS ???

Yes.. I suppose I could do that. However..
I would want to take time out to * VOTE *
in the Nov '94 presidential election.. then I
could come back and keep GUESSING !!!

[dk]

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Double-click it! (-:

 

[Malke]

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

Well.. that would be just fine and dandy...
... If I were a "mind reader".... but I am not !!!

You "MVP" folks are very helphul .. ( usually )...
And from the astronomical number of help
requests that flow through this NG .. I certainly
understand that you are * BUSY * !!!

I also understand the "tweak" file I downloaded
... "HomrPageLock.reg" is a registry entry..
but there are ( probably ) thousands of registry
entries in XP. Am I supposed to just start by
trying to GUESS where this particular entry
goes.. then keep guessing .. until maybe I may
* eventually * make the right GUESS ???

Yes.. I suppose I could do that. However..
I would want to take time out to * VOTE *
in the Nov '94 presidential election.. then I
could come back and keep GUESSING !!!

[dk]

What part of "right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"" did you not
understand? The file will be automagically merged into your Registry.

Malke

 

[JD]

Dean, be nice. These people VOLUNTEER ther time and effort to help
the rest of us.
JD

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

Well.. that would be just fine and dandy...
... If I were a "mind reader".... but I am not !!!

You "MVP" folks are very helphul .. ( usually )...
And from the astronomical number of help
requests that flow through this NG .. I certainly
understand that you are * BUSY * !!!

I also understand the "tweak" file I downloaded
... "HomrPageLock.reg" is a registry entry..
but there are ( probably ) thousands of registry
entries in XP. Am I supposed to just start by
trying to GUESS where this particular entry
goes.. then keep guessing .. until maybe I may
* eventually * make the right GUESS ???

Yes.. I suppose I could do that. However..
I would want to take time out to * VOTE *
in the Nov '94 presidential election.. then I
could come back and keep GUESSING !!!

[dk]

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

You want help. You were given help. You can't read/comprehend well, can you?

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

Well.. that would be just fine and dandy...
... If I were a "mind reader".... but I am not !!!

You "MVP" folks are very helphul .. ( usually )...
And from the astronomical number of help
requests that flow through this NG .. I certainly
understand that you are * BUSY * !!!

I also understand the "tweak" file I downloaded
... "HomrPageLock.reg" is a registry entry..
but there are ( probably ) thousands of registry
entries in XP. Am I supposed to just start by
trying to GUESS where this particular entry
goes.. then keep guessing .. until maybe I may
* eventually * make the right GUESS ???

Yes.. I suppose I could do that. However..
I would want to take time out to * VOTE *
in the Nov '94 presidential election.. then I
could come back and keep GUESSING !!!

[dk]

 

[Dean King]

You want help. You were given help. You can't read/comprehend well, can you?

Given help ?????????

Yes ... I can read !!!!!!!
And I can comprehend .. but comprehend *** WHAT *** ???

I assumed that meant right click and "merge"..
from anywhere .. like executing a "patch"...

Sooo.. ( last night .. actually early morning )...
I "right-clicked" and selected "merge" ..
... directly from the desk-top ...
( like installing a "patch" )..

*** BUT ***
Since that procedure did not have any effect at all
Since my browser WILL STILL NOT ACCECT
any change in the home page.. designation.

Since I repeated the "merge" process several times...
changing my ( designated ) home page each time..
clearing browser cache and cookies.. and rebooting
several times.. and since the same %$#&^*&%$#
SPY-ware trash is still the *lock-in* home-page..

None of this has anything to do with MY READING..
NOR MY COMPREHENSION ( nor lack of same ).

The help offered.. DOES NOT WORK !!!!

Hey.. folks .. I've been fighting THIS MESS
.... day-and-night ... LAST FRIDAY. !!!!

I even performed a complete ( repair ) reinstalled
of XP Sunday afternoon ( which didn't help !!! )

The Lavasoft "AD-Aware" utility has ( thankfully )
resolved most of the problems I've had .. * BUT *
my browser home page still remains * LOCKED *.

Soooo ..... NOW WHAT ??????

[dk]

 

[Tom Lake]

Right-click the .reg file and choose "Merge"

You can also click (or double-click) on it and it will ask if you want to
merge it into the registry.

 

[Sharon F]

Well.. that would be just fine and dandy...
... If I were a "mind reader".... but I am not !!!

Dean,
Kelly has directions for using both REG and VBS files at the very top of
her Tweaks page.

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Hell! He doesn't know what "merge" means!

You can also click (or double-click) on it and it will ask if you want to
merge it into the registry.


--
Tom Lake

Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other - Poor
Richard's Almanack

 

[Dean King]

Kelly has directions for using both REG and VBS files at the very top of
her Tweaks page.

Thanks Sharon...

I will certasinly keep that in mind ... because I sill
be an XP "newbie" with questions .. for a while.
( I will "FAV" .. Kelly site for future reference).

But for right now ... ( WHEW ) ...
my IE home-page is no longer LOCKED !!!

I tried 3 things I hadn't already tried in this mess.
And I think I know which* ONE * of them has
* UNLOCKED * my IE browser-home page.

But I'll relate all 3 in order of occurance..
( as follows ):.

{ 1 )
I tried switching my designated browser start up
page from Google.com to eBay.com.
( 2 )
I switched from Jack Daniel's to Jose' Quervo.
( 3 )
I switched my old IE icon.. to a "fresh" IE icon.

And * FINALLY * no more "home-page-lock".
So if you get another XP "newbie" with this same
browser homet-page-lock.. one of these 3 switches
may help. My specific reasons for witches 1 & 2..
would a bit off topic... but I will explain switch 3.
(as follows ):..

I noticed that when I clicked the "home" button
on the browser tool bar.. it went to my designated
home-page.

But the the quick-launch IE icon down on the
task bar still got the SPY-ware designated page.
( Hmmm !!! ) Checking the icon's properties...
( Hmmm !!! ) The Icon's "comment" window...
( Hmmm !!! ) There was an ID-name (alias)..
apparenty a registry link to the SPYware page.

Being an XP "newbie" I had not notice such
"comments" in short-cut icons. Win-98SE
has no comment... with user-edit access.

Sooo.. I just created a new short-cut icon..
which does not *lock* the IE start-page to
some enigmatic link to the registry.

No more *locked* browser home-page !!!

Good night all. I've had a BAD week-end.

[dk]

 

[Sharon F]

I switched from Jack Daniel's to Jose' Quervo.

<g> (don't know exactly how new you are but that's a grin)

That's probably what you needed to do all along to fix this <-- a wink

Am glad you have it sorted out. These browser parasites can be a pain in
the .....well, you know.

Take care!

 

[Dean King]

<g> (don't know exactly how new you are but that's a grin)
That's probably what you needed to do all along to fix this <-- a wink

Yo... Sharon !!!

You see.. the thing is .. when exasperating little
problems seem to defy *reasonable* solutions..
and you think you've tried * EVERYTHING *..
sometimes a slight change in perspective really
can help. And of course.. until you try chasing
Tennessee sour-mash with Mexican tequila --
you haven't really tried * EVERYTHING * !!!

OK seriously .. ( 2 points worth mentioning ):
(1)
I've been running XP only about a month.
I'm still finding new qualities (and quirks)..
and most of them are "pleasant surprises".
(2)
The help you "MVP" volunteers provide is
*very* worthwhile.. and much appreciated.

THANKS TO ALL !!!
G'night.....
Dean King