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  • Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:07 PM
     
     
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    My IE8 has become locked to a Microsoft "Safety and Security Center" page and I cannot set my previous home page as the default.  Every time I set the previous homepage as the default, it reverts back to the Microsoft page.  This has just happened within the last day or two.  I have run McAfee and Microsoft virus detection software on the full sustem, and neither have found any virus problems.  The issue is annoying.  What do I do to get this corrected?

     

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  • Monday, October 17, 2011 6:34 AM
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    Hi,

     

    Please try to use this method to change the home page:

    Start > Run...

    Type regedt32 and hit enter. This starts the Registry editor.

    Go to
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

    In the right pane you should see a value for Start Page. Does it match the value you just entered? You can change that value here.

    Please note: You’d better backup your registry before you want to change it.

     

    Regards,

    Leo   Huang

     

     

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