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3 Replies Last post: Apr 13, 2008 3:46 PM by Flashorn

kdavis045

3 posts since
Apr 4, 2008

Apr 11, 2008 7:37 PM

Changed ISP. Home Page (Internet Explorer 7) changed and can't get it to change to what I want.

I HAD Time Warner ISP, then changed to Verizon FIOS. Once Time Warner cancelled, my Norton Internet Security came up instead of a Home Page and tells me how to change my Home Page to what I want. However, from Internet Explorer, I go to Tools, then Internet Options, I get the message: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. If I go to my computer's Control Panel, I am the system administrator. This is a home computer, and not on a network. Is this some problem with Internet Explorer 7, my Norton Internet Security 2008, or something Time Warner did when they cancelled my account with them? How do I change to the Home Page that I want???

Flashorn

2,608 posts since
May 19, 2007

1. Apr 12, 2008 7:45 PM

in response to: kdavis045

Re: Changed ISP. Home Page (Internet Explorer 7) changed and can't get it to change to what I want.

Hey kdavis!!

In IE7, on the upper right hand corner,do you have a little house with a arrow pointing down?

If you click on that , there will be a drop down menu. In one of the entries (the second one I think) it should say,

"add or modify a start page"

Try clicking on that one and see if it changes the page for you.

If not , then I believe that Norton is trying to protect against a possible Hijacking of your Home Page.

You will have to go in Norton and reconfigure the Start Page options.

Hope this will help!

FLASHORN.

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kdavis045

3 posts since
Apr 4, 2008

2. Apr 13, 2008 3:32 PM

in response to: Flashorn

Re: Changed ISP. Home Page (Internet Explorer 7) changed and can't get it to change to what I want.

Thank you soooooooooo much! Your answer about the "little house" was the correct answer and it worked. I have talked to tech support all over the place for this problem, trying all kinds of different things and nothing had worked. Such a simple answer and why no one else had thought about it! Thank you!