I have had my internet option to change my homepage disabled by some kind of program I was tricked into downloading. The option to change my homepage is completely grayed out what can I do?

General Disclaimer - Happy Online would like to remind all visitors that they are responsible for their own computer settings - some suggestions may not work on some computers and may result in errors - you should only make changes to your computer if you are comfortable with any consequences that may arise.

If a program has changed your homepage and it is no longer possible for you to change the homepage in the normal manner you may have spyware on your PC. It is probably worthwhile looking at some software that removes spyware - by doing a Google search on Spyware you should be able to find more information and some software that deletes these settings and behaviour.

There is however another way of changing your homepage, this can be done by selecting the Start menu followed by run, if you then type REGEDIT you will be presented with the Registry editor - this is similar in format to Windows Explorer.

If you locate HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main you should be presented with a number of settings - find the Start Page setting and click on this - a new window should appear where you can enter the Homepage of your choice.

This should change your home page - however as stated above it is worthwhile looking at software that blocks and deletes spyware.

(Note Extreme Caution should be taken when making amendments to the Registry and Happy Online are unable to accept any fault should mistakes be made or errors occur. It is recommended that you make a back up of the registry before making alterations)

If you have problems changing your home page or do not want to amend the registry and would like to have a simple quick to load home page that offers a web search facility you can set Happy Online as your home page by selecting the following link:-

Set Happy Online as my Homepage - Click Here

Happy Online 14th July 2003

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