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Cannot change Homepage

Posted by: Guttuin Techie Stuff
7
Feb

Many time due to spywares or malwares you cannot change the Internet Explorer homepage. Even after running Anti-spyware like Spybot its not working. In such cases use the following trick to change it.

 In Regedit, navigate to this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel
In the right-hand pane, right-click the “HomePage” value, then select Modify. Change it to: 00 00 00 00

Also change either or these to zero 0 instead of 1 if present:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] - DWORD “NoSetHomePage”=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions] - DWORD “NoSetHomePage”=dword:00000001

If you don’t have this key, browse to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

and in the right hand pane, double click “Local Page” and set equal to “C:\WINDOWS\System\blank.htm” (no quotes) which will hopefully set your Home Page to blank and then allow you to subsequently modify it using Internet Options.

I’m sure this will solve the problem.

Warning:
Editing Registry may cause OS failure. Edit registry only when you are sure of it. Make a backup of registry before editing.

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Tips for Windows XP

Posted by: Guttuin Techie Stuff
7
Feb

Windows. For computers this is means for user interaction and to use the power of computing. Though many hate MS Windows for the virus infections, trojans and malwares but its still the best OS. And the version XP is so far the best MS OS.

In order to run windows properly you require some tweaking. Some tips increase performance and productivity.  The dedicated “Windows Tips” section is for this. It will cover such things and all the problems I solve in many of the forums I visit. They will be posted here.

Think Nonsense..

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