cant change my homepage

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hi,
i just refragged my harddrive, i reinstalled everything by useing the
windows xp disc and i downloaded all the recent updates,
now whenever i open internet explorer it keeps going to the web page of the
computer manufacturers site, ive tried to change it in tools-internet options
but it wont let me change it, i put the address of the page i want as my
homepage but it doesnt work, i was wondering if i downloaded something from
microsoft updates that locks the homepage,or is it something else, i know its
not a virus or spyware or a hijack,
any help would be very welcome,
thanks
zebedy
 
Have you tried actually loading the website and then using the
IE Tools, clicked the "Use Current" to map it as home ? Some
Security software will lock the home page to prevent hijacking.
I'm assuming your network is setup and you're able to load the
preferred site manually.
 
zebedy said:
hi,
i just refragged my harddrive, i reinstalled everything by useing the
windows xp disc and i downloaded all the recent updates,
now whenever i open internet explorer it keeps going to the web page of
the
computer manufacturers site, ive tried to change it in tools-internet
options
but it wont let me change it, i put the address of the page i want as my
homepage but it doesnt work, i was wondering if i downloaded something
from
microsoft updates that locks the homepage,or is it something else, i know
its
not a virus or spyware or a hijack,
any help would be very welcome,
thanks
zebedy
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Most of the newer anti-virus and anti-spyware programs protect the home page
from change by default. You will have to make sure that tat option is off
to make a change. Turn the option back on when you're done. Some of the
malware programs try to reset it to what they want.
 
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