I recently set up a new dial-up account with Clara.net. I have used them for years and I trust them. At the end of the set up I clicked OK to have the account settings created automatically. From that moment Claranet's URL has been my Home Page instead of Blank and all related text boxes are now greyed out. I can't change it. Claranet strongly deny any responsiblity and say 'the .ins file used to configure your claranet account on the computer cannot have caused the settings to lock, as Microsoft did not design any method of locking out the settings via .ins
files. I believe them. They also say 'This is more a case of someone applying a local security lockdown policy on
the computer which can be used to prevent changes to various computer settings. There is no way that this could be done by us or anyone who didn't have physical access to your computer and any administrator priveliges on it. It is pure coincidence that the problem came about when
you setup your account with us.'
I have disabled the XP Firewall have tried hacking the registry with known 'greyed out home-page' changes but none work.
For your information;
I am running Windows XP Home Ver. 5.01.2600 Service Pack 1
I use IE.6 with all current security/updates installed.
I HAD the XP Firewall installed and use Zone Alarm with settings set to high.
I use Panda Titanium Anti-Virus which is constantly up to date.
I had not interfered with the registry or used a third party program to tweak my IE security settings.
My home page has always been set to Blank.
I have several other dial-up accounts. None of my other ISP's have ever altered my settings.
I have Spyware Blaster and SpyCleaner installed.
Does anyone have any idea what happened or how I might fix it?
Many thanks, sorry if I'm verbose!
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files. I believe them. They also say 'This is more a case of someone applying a local security lockdown policy on
the computer which can be used to prevent changes to various computer settings. There is no way that this could be done by us or anyone who didn't have physical access to your computer and any administrator priveliges on it. It is pure coincidence that the problem came about when
you setup your account with us.'
I have disabled the XP Firewall have tried hacking the registry with known 'greyed out home-page' changes but none work.
For your information;
I am running Windows XP Home Ver. 5.01.2600 Service Pack 1
I use IE.6 with all current security/updates installed.
I HAD the XP Firewall installed and use Zone Alarm with settings set to high.
I use Panda Titanium Anti-Virus which is constantly up to date.
I had not interfered with the registry or used a third party program to tweak my IE security settings.
My home page has always been set to Blank.
I have several other dial-up accounts. None of my other ISP's have ever altered my settings.
I have Spyware Blaster and SpyCleaner installed.
Does anyone have any idea what happened or how I might fix it?
Many thanks, sorry if I'm verbose!
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