Getting rid of Google

Heinrich

I'm running IE6 and have Google as the home page.I want to change this as my homepage but it keeps returning.

I do not want to use another browser.

Has anyone any genuine suggestions.

Thanks in advance

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Go to [Tools]->[Internet Options] and change the text in the Home-Page field to something else.

Use about:blank to display a blank page

Heinrich

sean_keevey wrote:

Go to [Tools]->[Internet Options] and change the text in the Home-Page field to something else.

Use about:blank to display a blank page

I've tried that with no avail hence my request.

irlrobins

Have you any google software installed? Toolbar, etc?

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Heinrich wrote:

I've tried that with no avail hence my request.

Well then i'm stumped. Is it a work PC?

jcoote

if u have access to/are comfortable with regedit u can change the home page from there

go to

hkey current_user > software > microsoft > internet explorer > main

and change the value of the 'start page' key in that list

also uninstalling any google sotware would help as irlrobins suggested

Heinrich

Sorry, regedit tells me it cannot edit the start page! No Google stuff or extra toolbars, just the bog standard.

Would gmail be the cause?

jcoote

oh right your obviously on a company network or something are u

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Heinrich wrote:

Would gmail be the cause?

Shouldn't be no, i can't see google resorting to these dirty tactics, they already have such a strong market hold, to risk destroying their nice-guy brand image would be ludicrous

jcoote

maybe u just don't have the admin rights to change the homepage have u ever changed it before on that PC

Heinrich

jcoote wrote:

maybe u just don't have the admin rights to change the homepage have u ever changed it before on that PC

It is a home computer so I have the rights. The original homepage was Microsoft.

jcoote

oh right cool so maybe restart in safe mode and do the regedit thing

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Are you the sole user of the computer, i.e. is your account an administrator or limited account. If the latter, you'll have to get in contact with whoever set up the pc or someone else with an admin account

Ruu_Old

If you have Lavasoft Ad-Aware, go to Settings->Defaults and there you can read what your current page is (google in this case) and then change it, click Proceed when you are done. Hope that helps.

Heinrich

I sorted out this problem! Downloaded/installed regcleaner and ran it.