re: Cannot remove "ABOUT BLANK" homepage
Saturday, May 1, 2004 at 12:36 am Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by James
(1 messages posted)
Carol...I just ran into the same problem..i tried what you said and it worked like
a charm..thanks a bunch.
James. M
On Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 1:46 pm, Carol wrote:
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>Download the CWShredder and run it:
>
>CoolWebSearch Chronicles Direct download:
>color="FF69B4">CWShredder.exePut it in a new folder. Close all browser
windows and run it offline. It may execute
>again after rebooting, so run the Shredder again. Keep it on hand and check for
a
>newer version frequently. Clear out your TIF, other temp files and ActiveX Controls.
Open the Control Panel
>- Internet Options. Under the General tab click the Delete temporary internet files,
>choose to delete all Offline content. In Settings, set the size of your TIF folder
>between 5 - 10 MB. Also, go to Start - Find - Files or folders - in the named box,
>type: *.tmp and choose Edit - select all - File - delete. Empty the contents of
the
>C:\Windows\temp folder and C:\temp folder, if you have one. Empty Recycle bin. I
suggest you install SpywareBlaster, to help prevent further problems. Be sure
>to check for updates often and after you install it. SpywareGuard works well in
conjuntion
>with it and is available here also. They're both freeware:
>color="FF69B4">SpywareBlaster
>
>
Carol
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