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Name: ealvin Date: May 31, 2004 at 11:28:44 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
I have a new IBM laptop. The start-up page is set to MSN. I've changed it in Internet Options to Yahoo but it doesn't stick. I've seen something in the IE start-up that hs specific programming "hotwiring" it to MSN. I wish I could be more specific but I can't remember exactly what I saw. Any ideas on how to change this? Thanks.
Name: XpUser Date: May 31, 2004 at 11:35:39 Pacific
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I believe you want to change the homepage for your IE. To do this, open your IE. Go to Tools / Internt Options. Under the General column, change the address of the url from MSN to Yahoo.
Hope this helps
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Response Number 2
Name: ealvin Date: May 31, 2004 at 12:57:47 Pacific
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I did that. It changes back to MSN. There is some programming that causes this change and I don't know how to undo it.
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Response Number 3
Name: ealvin Date: May 31, 2004 at 13:55:26 Pacific
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I did that. It changes back to MSN. There is some programming that causes this change and I don't know how to undo it.
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: May 31, 2004 at 16:05:59 Pacific
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Hi ealvin,
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. From what you have said, I think you may have some parasites running in your PC.
1. Download, install, and Scan with Spybot and Adware. Delete (archive) everything it finds.
2. Repeat step 1 and see if the same thing recurs.
3. Post back, please.
Redo what
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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser Date: May 31, 2004 at 16:07:55 Pacific
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OOOPPPSSS Just ignore the "Redo what" I left for nothing in the above post LOL
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Response Number 6
Name: ealvin Date: May 31, 2004 at 22:29:33 Pacific
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I don't believe this has anything to do with spyware. My computer came this way. As I said, there is some kind of programming that makes it open (slowly) to MSN.
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Response Number 7
Name: ealvin Date: June 1, 2004 at 08:35:09 Pacific
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I don't believe this has anything to do with spyware. My computer came this way. As I said, there is some kind of programming that makes it open (slowly) to MSN.
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