Lenovo pirates FireFox home on reboot!! :murderous rage:

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proFeign · #1 Post by **proFeign** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:06 pm

I installed newest version of Firefox and set homepage in FF and MSIE to www.google.com and every time I reboot it gets reset to www.lenovo.com/us/en !

Ran spyware stuff to see if one of Lenovo's processes is listed as something to remove but no dice. Regkey for MSIE reset not present so I don't know what else to do.

Seriously, though, this is totally unacceptable from any software maker in the universe, let alone a Tier 1 OEM!

Arrrrgh. Can't find anything on this forum or online...

proFeign · #2 Post by **proFeign** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:13 pm

OK I just got a call back from my e-mail support request and they told me how to fix it:

Go to start>thinkvantage>access connections>locations>manage profiles>

pick all of them and click "profile action" "edit" "additional settings"

and make sure override homepage is unchecked on all of them.

They suck for having this enabled by default.

tbfox · #3 Post by **tbfox** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:43 pm

Thank You!! That has been driving me crazy! You're right... that's pretty low to even HAVE a setting like that. It's so...Dell.

Traci

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:00 pm

This answer has been known and posted here in this forum. Always do a search. ... JDH

proFeign · #5 Post by **proFeign** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:12 pm

jdhurst wrote:This answer has been known and posted here in this forum. Always do a search. ... JDH

I searched four or five times for things like "reset homepage" and "browser homepage OR home reset lenovo" and didn't come up with anything, like I said in the post. I promise I looked but I'm sorry for not finding it and posting this. I was searching at the top level of the TP forum directory tree.

I'll try to not to do it again, and thanks for letting me know.

#6 Post by **jdhurst** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:35 pm

My post was friendly (apologies if you did not see it that way). Thank you for searching. If you searched (thanks again) please *do* post. The most recent post was I found was in February under "IE homepage". Cheers, ... JDH

proFeign · #7 Post by **proFeign** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:49 pm

Thanks

proFeign · #8 Post by **proFeign** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:31 am

Also rules number one and two for me in forums when posting a new thread is:

1. Search and be sure so you don't get e-mails from admins

2. Post the thread with a title that explains what you're talking about or expect no useful information in response.

#9 Post by **BillMorrow** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:42 am

your homepage on your thinkapd should be set to...

http://forum.thinkpads.com

Lenovo pirates FireFox home on reboot!! :murderous rage:

Does your homepage get reset to lenovo.com on reboot?

Lenovo pirates FireFox home on reboot!! :murderous rage:

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