help. computer setting question

[FlyinGN]

quick question.. I want to hake a web site my home page that comes up when I click my 'home' button. I have have one for many years the way I wanted. Somehow I lost that ability and it goes to 'blank' when I hit my home button.. When I click tools and internet options to change it back to th epage I want , I can't Its grey so that io cannot click the 'home page' option,, The 'use currant' or the 'use default' or the 'use blank' s are grey.. hmmmm whats did I loose?? How do I get it back??


Thanks!

 

[Topjimmy]

Frank you might try: Tools / Internet Options / Programs / Reset Web Settings then re-compose your setup.

HTH - Jimmy

 

[FlyinGN]

tried that jimmy. It went back to the home page of Sony.. The manufacture of my computer.. I still have the 'no click' ability of the home page setting under tools..

 

[Topjimmy]

Ahh ok, if your MS Security Updates are up to date, heres's a link to the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. It will check for common misconfigurations...

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer V1.2

Hopefully it's just a glitch... Jimmy

 

[FlyinGN]

I dl's it Jimy. It does not reconize my computer I even put in my ip addres..

 

[kgouldsk]

I've seen similar to this. It's likely one of those fancy "toolbar" programs that adds a wonderfully use(ful|less) toolbar to IE.

1. Go through your programs in control panel, add/remove programs, and uninstall any "toolbar" programs you don't absolutely need. Personal opinion, but this would be ALL of them other than say the Google toolbar.

2. Download and run ad-aware. It can fix some of the damage these programs have done. I did have it successfully fix one which was coming up with a blank about: page.

 

[FlyinGN]

did both.. still not there.. hmm

 

[kgouldsk]

First, what version of Windows do you have?

 

[FlyinGN]

windows NT home edition..

 

[kgouldsk]

With Windows XP Pro, you can use GPEdit to change the setting which disables the buttons. You'll have to try this:

http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/

Go down to Remove IE Restrictions and Restore Missing Tabs

Click it, and you will download a .REG file which will perform an edit on your registry. This should fix it. You'll probably have to close all of your IE sessions, then reopen.

 

[FlyinGN]

I mean XP. lol I got it working.. Went back to a restore date when it was there and restored it to that date. Thanks guys!