No access to the Address Bar in Internet Properties/Internet Options to change Home/Web Page!!

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I've got no access nomore to th
Address Bar to change the Home page in Internet Options/Internet Properties!
This is only happening under my own (User Account) !
When my Bro switch to his own (User Account) ,, He can have access to the Address Bar and he could change his own home page
But, I can't. The address bar,, The use current ,, The use Default, and, The Use Blank Tabs in my home pag
(under Internet Properties/Internet Options) are faded and I have no access to any one of those Tabs !
I wish I know what to look for in the Registry Under HKEY_USERS ,, HKEY_CURRENT_USER and/or HKEY_L
to compare and adjust them same as my Bro's
Please help
Thank
Romio

 

[Michael Burk [MSFT]]

Is this a stand alone machine? Is your account an Administrator account?
If not, someone with an Administrator account may have turned the option off
for you via policy.

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[Ramesh [MVP]]

Romio,

Are you using Spybot S&D? If so, uncheck the option "Lock IE start page......" option in the Immunize section.

If not, get the REG fix which removes all the restrictions in Internet Explorer:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_reset_restrictions.reg

NOTE: If you wish to undo the changes made by this REG, backup the registry first:
How to backup the Windows XP Registry?:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/registry.htm

Manual: See: IE Control Panel Restrictions:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/797/

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Hi
I've got no access nomore to the
Address Bar to change the Home page in Internet Options/Internet Properties!!
This is only happening under my own (User Account) !!
When my Bro switch to his own (User Account) ,, He can have access to the Address Bar and he could change his own home page.
But, I can't. The address bar,, The use current ,, The use Default, and, The Use Blank Tabs in my home page
(under Internet Properties/Internet Options) are faded and I have no access to any one of those Tabs !!
I wish I know what to look for in the Registry Under HKEY_USERS ,, HKEY_CURRENT_USER and/or HKEY_LM
to compare and adjust them same as my Bro's .
Please help
Thanks
Romio

 

[Jon Andersonn]

Hi
I've got no access nomore to the
Address Bar to change the Home page in Internet Options/Internet Properties!!
This is only happening under my own (User Account) !!
When my Bro switch to his own (User Account) ,, He can have access to the Address Bar and he could change his own home page.

You may have visited a web page that reset your home page, and then to
make sure you could never change it again, locked it.

It happens; read up on and get adware-spyware removers. Spybot s&d is
a good one; Lavasoft's AdAware is another. Both are free. Spybot has
a setting to unlock and lock that particular item you mentioned. Or
the policy editor, as someone else mentioned.

If you're feeling adventurous;

Open up your friend and mine, Regedit (Start>Run>regedit.exe)

Look for this key: (dive down through the hierarchy)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Control Panel

In control panel, you will see in the right pane a d-word key called
"Homepage"; yours will probably be currently set to "1". double-click
on that key, and change the one to "0" ("zero", the numeral, not the
word). Close all instances of Internet Explorer; now open another
one, and to to Internet Options; you now have your homepage option
back until the next time it is hijacked by some freaking scumbag on
the web.

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