IE 5.5 problems

[sleefer]

I have a problem with IE 5.5. I can change my start page and it will be fine until I reboot. Then, it changes my start page back to the original again. It's a HP pc and has some custom stuff from Y@hoo in a tool bar below the standard buttons which I also can't seem to get rid of. Is there some way of changing these settings for the defaults and they stay changed?

 

[corkyg]

Usually the control for the Start Page is found in Control Panel, Internet Options, General . . . and you write in there the URL for your Start or Home page and that is normally all there is to it.

As for the stuff down below . . . what happens if your right click on it and select Delete? Also you can turn off viewing your desktop as a web page and get rid of a lot of junk.

 

[sleefer]

I have tried changing that setting and applying it. it works fine
even if I exit the browser and launch it again. But, when I restart Windows, and connect again it has changed back to the same as before I changed it. I have never had this problem before, it's got me baffled. The thing that is annoying is it spawns like 4 or 5 of those small browser windows when I close them it launches more. The extra toolbar is right below the toolbar with home, refresh, etc. if I right click it just launches a browser and tries to connect to y@hoo, no way to close it from there. I think that HP must have some kind of customized browser here. Anyone know if I can re-install IE and get rid of the extra stuff that way?

 

[Delusion2001]

check your yahoo prog setting or whatever. they may have a feature that sets IE to use soandso as a start page. many progz do that

try uninstalling the yahoo stuff then doing the same thing, and see if taht helps. if it does, you konw it's yahoo

 

[Kitros]

Often times they(yahoo, etc) imbed icons, buttons and certain settings to advertise... HP was no doubt paid to include annoyances in their Ie5.5. Try dl'ing a new Ie5.5, uninstall 5.5, then install the new one.