cant change my homepage

[Guest]

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

 

[R. McCarty]

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.

 

[Guest]

yes ive tried that but it keeps loading to http://www.q-serve.net/signup.htm,
which i can get rid of ,the only security software i have loaded at the
moment is zonealarm and avg antivirus.

 

[Guest]

yes ive tried that but it keeps loading to http://www.q-serve.net/signup.htm,
which i can get rid of ,the only security software i have loaded at the
moment is zonealarm and avg antivirus. and i do have the network setup, and can load any site manually

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

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

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.