# Changing my IEv7 Homepage **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 10, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015 "2008-02-10T06:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/1 "2008-02-10T06:50:11Z")
Got a quick question. I have had MyYahoo as my homepage for years, although I rarely look at it and often just click straight from there to CNN or SDMB etc. Whenever I try to change my homepage, it always reverts back to MyYahoo. I’ve tried everything I know in IE (clearing cookies, restarting, etc), but I don’t know enough to be messing with the registry. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know how to fix it? ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/2 "2008-02-10T07:50:53Z")
Go to internet options and paste the page address you want as homepage in there (you can have more than one) If it is greyed out then one of your security programs has i locked. Spybot Search & Destroy and SuperAntiSpyware both offer this option as a protection against redirects but it is also possible, even probable that Yahoo have locked it. A lot of ISPs do this, most irritating. If you aren’t particularly committed to IE, try Firefox or Opera. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/3 "2008-02-10T17:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Myglaren] Go to internet options and paste the page address you want as homepage in there (you can have more than one) If it is greyed out then one of your security programs has i locked. Spybot Search & Destroy and SuperAntiSpyware both offer this option as a protection against redirects but it is also possible, even probable that Yahoo have locked it. A lot of ISPs do this, most irritating. If you aren’t particularly committed to IE, try Firefox or Opera. [/QUOTE] I had tried that. As soon as I close and restart IE, [my.yahoo.com](http://my.yahoo.com) is still the only homepage. I have to think that there is a registry key Yahoo is using to lock the homepage, but I don’t know enough to be able to find it. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/4 "2008-02-11T14:54:44Z")
Bump for the working folks who might know another solution. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/5 "2008-02-11T15:26:26Z")
Someone with a similar problem using Virgin. Looks an easy enough fix [Geek.com](http://www.geek.com/forums/topic.php?id=26995&page) ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/6 "2008-02-11T15:58:21Z")
[QUOTE=Myglaren] Someone with a similar problem using Virgin. Looks an easy enough fix [Geek.com](http://www.geek.com/forums/topic.php?id=26995&page) [/QUOTE] Hmm, that didn’t work either… ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/7 "2008-02-11T18:38:10Z")
I can only suggest that you install either or both of [SuperAntiSpyware](http://www.superantispyware.com/) and [Spybot Search & Destroy](http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html?tag=lst-1) and use their tools to change to the homepage you prefer then lock it. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/8 "2008-02-11T18:59:31Z")
Do you have the Yahoo toolbar installed? If you do, uninstall that. Then reboot and reset your homepage to whatever you like. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/9 "2008-02-11T20:18:12Z")
I don’t have Yahoo toolbar or any other Yahoo software downloaded that I can find (looked through Add/Remove Programs). I have Spybot, but 1)it stalls halfway though scanning just about every time and 2) I can’t find any setting that allows me to lock the homepage. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/10 "2008-02-11T21:55:21Z")
Looks like you are right about Spybot S&D, I haven’t used the function in the new version but you might try the Browser Pages function instead - [http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1196/spybotif4.png](http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1196/spybotif4.png) Can’t see why Spybot S&D should be stalling but there were some compatibility issues with Vista a couple of months ago. Have you done a clean install recently. If you can’t achieve a change with it, try Superantispyware’s tools instead. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-iev7-homepage/437015/11 "2008-02-11T22:10:09Z")
If you’re using Norton Internet Security it has an option to lock the home page that may be turned on.