# Internet Explorer provided by Comcast High-Speed Internet **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589 "2003-07-01T15:10:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/1 "2003-07-01T15:10:22Z")
That’s what it says in my browser’s title bar. I had to make the transition to Comcast (from attbi) yesterday, I downloaded some wizard to change my settings because I was afraid I’d forget the date. How do I get rid of the “provided by Comcast High-speed internet” part? I know it’s in the registry, but where? ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/2 "2003-07-01T15:21:41Z")
My cable company did the same thing. Run regedit and under Edit use the Find command. Check all three “look at” boxes. Search for whatever they display. I think you’ll find the string you’re looking for more than once. Clear them all. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/3 "2003-07-01T15:34:05Z")
I searched, but I couldn’t find anything with that exact phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/4 "2003-07-01T15:39:50Z")
Matter of fact, I searched for “provided by Comcast High-Speed Internet” and the search is coming up with nothing. What is going on? Is my regedit bad? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/5 "2003-07-01T16:38:24Z")
[http://aps.naples.net/community/NFNWebpages/storyboard.cfm?StoryBoardNum=195&PageNum=180](http://aps.naples.net/community/NFNWebpages/storyboard.cfm?StoryBoardNum=195&PageNum=180) Try this. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/6 "2003-07-01T17:18:35Z")
Thanks **aktep** , that’s what I was looking for! ---
**Author:** ![Parrothead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Parrothead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parrothead)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/7 "2003-07-01T19:08:24Z")
Don’t search for “provided by” I think that is a default phrase. Search for “Comcast.” You’ll find it. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/8 "2003-07-01T21:24:44Z")
This fix might only work until you log out, depending on how comcast made the change. Comcast could have set the local group policy to override the window title, in which case that registry key will be re-set every time you log in. Luckily, there’s an easy way to fix that, too. Go to the Start menu and choose “Run…” and type “gpedit.msc” (without the quotes) to bring up the Group Policy Editor. Go to “User Configuration” -\> “Windows Settings” -\> “Internet Explorer Maintenance” -\> “Browser User Interface” and double click on “Browser Title” in the right-hand pane. This will pop up a window that lets you turn off the title bar customization or change it to your own message. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/9 "2003-07-10T03:54:40Z")
I’m bringing this back up because just what you said **ntucker** , it did come up again. I am running XP Home and I don’t have gpedit.msc. Is there any other way to turn off title bar customization permanently? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/10 "2003-07-10T04:01:39Z")
Never-mind - I am stupid. :smack: I have two computers, and I had only done the regedit thing to one of them so far. It is still working, now to do this one. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-provided-by-comcast-high-speed-internet/185589/11 "2003-07-10T04:19:07Z")
Thanks, **ntucker**. That’s been annoying me for quite some time. I can always count on a Doper to have the answers to life’s probing questions! 🙂