homepage doesn't save... wonder why?

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walrusmonger · #1 Post by **walrusmonger** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:23 pm

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've actually posted here (mostly lurked) but this one problem has been annoying me so badly, I need someone to save my life!

I've got a T41, and ever since I've upgraded to service pack 2 (about 5 months ago or so?) my IE homepage (google.com) wont save. Whenever I connected with the ol' wifi and open IE, it doesnt take me to google, but rather "http:///".

I change it to google, and it's fine for the time my T41 is on. When I restart the computer, it clears my homepage and opens "http:///".

It's not a major problem, but it's very annoying when you want to go to your homepage and you cant. Any ideas?

On a different note, I've had my T41 for almost a year, and it's been 100% perfect besides that IE thing. Oddly enough, the 4 corners of my LCD lid are all chipped. I carry it around in a plain backpack, and I'm sure I've bumped it before, but not on all 4 corners. Is the chipping of the "coating" common on the lids of thinkpads?

CoolRunnings · #2 Post by **CoolRunnings** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:37 pm

http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

Go to that address and download and run HijackThis. One you have run it, save a log file and post it here. I may be able to tell you what to remove to fix this homepage issue...

Leon · #3 Post by **Leon** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:39 pm

check Access Connections configuration for your connection profile.... make sure that homepage variable is not specified (or is specified to Google)!

walrusmonger · #4 Post by **walrusmonger** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:58 pm

thanks, so far that access connections seems to be working. it's not spyware since I never use this computer for my main downloading (it's 98% a work machine for me) and I run adaware once a week (with only finding a tracker cookie here or there)

thanks for the help guys!

Plinkerton · #5 Post by **Plinkerton** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:16 am

I don't mean to throw this out there as an "IE is the devil" comment or anything, but just as an aside, give Firefox a try, if you haven't already. Once you get used to it, it's extra features and customizability can be quite helpful.

Leon · #6 Post by **Leon** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:22 pm

a little off topic, but true.......

mdarnton · #7 Post by **mdarnton** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:19 pm

My IE does that, too. But rather than figure it out, I switched to Firefox--it's a better browser, regardless.

homepage doesn't save... wonder why?

homepage doesn't save... wonder why?

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