I have just got a new pc. i have now finished installing xp proand updated everything security and program wise. when usin IE7 i cannot seem to change my homepage to yahoo uk. i was wondering if anybody could tell me how to get round this. i have tried changind it in internet options, and i have also tried the "make yahoo your homepage" link. still no joy. i have spybot, adaware se pro and norton antivirus as my main security progs. i am running exactly the same setup on my other pc (apart from only having xp home) and that is fine. could it just be a glitch in xp pro? thank you in advance for any useful posts on this matter

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Firstly - you might want to try Firefox. It's a much better alternative to Internet Explorer, and it's free, too. You can get more information on it, as well as the free download link, at http://www.compuforums.org/get-firefox.html.

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Can't agree more with you on this

Ya, IE7 is terrible that is why I don't upgrade, so I guess just try Mozzila Firefox. That is pretty good.

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I have now discovered that it was Ad-Watch that was preventing me from changing my homepage. Even though it was me changing the homepage setting it saw it as a browser hijack. thank you for your replies and I am now looking into using Firefox

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Try reinstalling IE7 or get the older version that is what I have and I have had no problems. EVER.

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I also agree Firefox is 100% better then IE7. I always use Firefox.

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The one before IE7 wasn't as bad I use it for a lot of things.

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Much agreeed, i did a degrade form IE7, As it was to unreliable, what is Microsoft Like, the new windows vista is very unreliable as well... Microsoft.. Whats the problem??

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"User agent string utility" is what I downloaded from microsoft to assist with any possible problems with IE7 - What this does is : When you open a webpage using this utility it gives you the identity that you still have IE6 due to the possible fact that the site you are on does not recognize IE7 as a valid browser yet. You still will use IE7 as your new updated browser when complete with those certain websites that need IE6.