re: IE home page continually resets Friday, September 19, 2003 at 1:57 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by andrew kennaugh (99 messages posted) Look in the registry for the Run or Runonce sections and see if there are any 'odd' programs that are run when the computer boots. Most things should be self explanatory in their names. Delete items to see what happens. Save (write down) what they were if you need to put them back again. Run regedit from the start menu. [Edit] [Find] to search for items, most of which will be in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Andy On Friday, September 19, 2003 at 1:06 am, Peter Mosley wrote: >My IE home page has become set to some dubious portal site. If I change it back >to my usual preference (www.google.co.uk) it stays there until I reboot, at which >point it reverts to the portal. > >I've tried looking through the startup routines to find anything that sets it, but >nothing turned up. > >What next? Written in response to: IE home page continually resets (peter: Friday, September 19, 2003 at 1:06 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] IE home page continually resets (peter: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 1:06 am) re: IE home page continually resets (andrew kennaugh: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 1:57 am) re: IE home page continually resets (MrCharlie: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 5:00 am) re: IE home page continually resets (phantom: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 5:58 am) re: IE home page continually resets (BobC.: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 7:04 am) re: IE home page continually resets (phantom: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 11:28 am) re: IE home page continually resets (carl: Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 7:14 am) re: IE home page continually resets (BobC.: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 9:24 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum