Why won't the runonce window disappear

[Bucky]

I have recently upgraded a CPQ laptop, and the IE runonce window pops up, I
try to choose my search provider and then apply settings but it won't go
away. I have went in and deleted the tmp files history & cookies but eveytime
I startup IE it comes up and I can't seem to make a selection and have it
apply, and then go away. I can type in google or some other site and it will
go to the site but next time I startup IE it goes back to the runonce screen.
and no its not set as the home page.

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

I have recently upgraded a CPQ laptop, and the IE runonce window pops up,
I try to choose my search provider and then apply settings but it won't go
away. I have went in and deleted the tmp files history & cookies but
eveytime I startup IE it comes up and I can't seem to make a selection
and have it apply, and then go away. I can type in google or some other
site and it will go to the site but next time I startup IE it goes back
to the runonce screen. and no its not set as the home page.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945385
"A blank Web page is displayed when you start Internet Explorer 7".

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[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I have recently upgraded a CPQ laptop, and the IE runonce window pops up, I
try to choose my search provider and then apply settings but it won't go
away. I have went in and deleted the tmp files history & cookies but
eveytime
I startup IE it comes up and I can't seem to make a selection and have it
apply, and then go away. I can type in google or some other site and it
will
go to the site but next time I startup IE it goes back to the runonce
screen.
and no its not set as the home page.

It might be a security program blocking the Registry changes it needs to
make. A few, but not all, of the programs now doing this are:
Ad-aware's Ad-Watch
IBM Access Connections
McAfee VirusScan and/or Antispyware
Norton AV
Spyware Blaster
Spybot> Tools> IE Tweaks
Spybot- Teatimer
Spysweeper
Spyware Doctor
Windows Defender
Zone Alarm (free) 6.5 Reported to be fixed in later versions.

In the case of Zone Alarm 6.5 or Norton 2007 it actually has to be
uninstalled. Make sure the Windows Firewall is turned on until you
reinstall Zone Alarm.

Boot into Safe Mode with Networking and try the change.