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Home page box grayed out
Name: g11725 Date: October 9, 2003 at 15:04:57 Pacific OS: Windows 98 CPU/Ram: 486/32 mb
Comment:
I cannot change my home page. The home page box in IE is grayed out. What to do?
Name: Grasshopper Date: October 9, 2003 at 15:12:38 Pacific
Reply:
Go to control panel / add-remove programs. highlight ms internrt explorer and tools and hit remove, then pick the repair option.
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Response Number 2
Name: G11825 Date: October 9, 2003 at 15:45:59 Pacific
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Been there done that. Didn't fix it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Grasshopper Date: October 9, 2003 at 17:45:10 Pacific
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OK could be a spyware thing. Do you have a program like SPYBOT on your machine??? You could also do a copy over on your OS. If you have a win 98 cd, reinstall the OS.
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Response Number 4
Name: JPW Date: October 9, 2003 at 21:57:27 Pacific
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To Correct the homepage do the following: Go to Start/Run and Type REGEDIT and click on the OK. The registry editor will come up. Now click on the + next to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Then Click on the + next to Software, Next click on the + next to Microsoft, Then click on the + next to Internet Explorer, then click on the Main Folder and look for the Start Page String in the Right hand window. Right click on it and chose Modify and type in your Home Page URL and close the Registry and reboot. you should be back to your own home page now. Hope that helps.
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Response Number 5
Name: Tom41 Date: October 10, 2003 at 01:13:23 Pacific
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Re-install Win98?? Why???????
If you are using Spybot, open it and click the 'Immunize' button. Scroll down and uncheck 'Lock IE Start page setting...'.
If you don't have Spybot installed, Click Start > Run > type regedit and click OK. Navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel
In the right hand window, double click on Homepage. Change the value data from a 1 to a 0 (zero) and click OK. Close regedit.
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Response Number 6
Name: Hank Date: November 22, 2003 at 18:43:53 Pacific
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This response is to Tom41 for his resolution to the "Home page box grayed out" article. The fix worked and I am using Windows XP Professional. Good Work. Tom41 if you read this comment, please email me back. We could possibly exchange ideas for fixes in Windows XP.
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