[phileysmiley]

I brought this up once before but nobody could really figure it out and it is really a PITA.

Here is the deal: IE7 has the ability to save multiple tabs as your "homepage." But no matter what I do, I cannot get the first tab to stay on PROnet (or any page). It always wants to reset itself to MSN. Someone had suggested that another app is set to keep MSN as my homepage, but that would only be Live Messenger, and just yesterday I installed the new one and made sure to tell it not to make MSN my homepage. Someone else suggested that 3rd party security software may be preventing it from changing. I have Spysweeper and WinPatrol. But the opposite is true. The way they both work, if I try to change my homepage it asks me if I want to change my homepage. It doesn't stop it from happening automatically. It alerts me if someone is trying to change it, it doesn't just prevent it on its own. WnPatrol constantly pops up and says that my homepage wants to reset to MSN, and asks if I want to change it or keep it on PROnet, and I say keep it on PROnet, and it keeps popping up. If I disable monitoring to keep it from popping up it just stays on MSN.

Now, here is the proof that something is not right. I have the SAME setup on another rig. IE7, same tabs, Spysweeper, WinPatrol, all the same settings, and on that rig my homepage stays where I want it to and does not redirect to MSN.

The first is on x64 and the second is on XP. That's the only difference.

Why is MSN constantly stealing my homepage on IE7 on x64 and not on XP or Vista?

[imnuts]

I've read elsewhere that WLM is doing this to folks randomly, could be that.

[phileysmiley]

I've read elsewhere that WLM is doing this to folks randomly, could be that.

Hmmm...okay, that might account for it. I have WLM installed on all 3 rigs but you are only allowed to have it running on one at a time, and this is the one I have it on. So that may be it -- I can switch rigs and see if it still does it.

Also, I just installed the new 792 yesterday and it's still happening, so if they did any bug fixes, that obviously isn't one of them.

[phileysmiley]

Well, that wasn't it. I closed WLM on here and opened it on Vista and it's still happening here.

[kd1966]

Hmmmm......... interesting, but on the 2 rigs w/WLM, none are experiencing this, although I did uncheck the block during install...........

[phileysmiley]

Hmmmm......... interesting, but on the 2 rigs w/WLM, none are experiencing this, although I did uncheck the block during install...........

It doesn't do it on two of my rigs either. Only on the third. I have that box unchecked on all of them.

[imnuts]

this is one of these issues where i'm sitting here like trying to think of what might be causing this.

[kd1966]

could it be the "dreaded" beta??? I'd hope not, but sometimes strange things happen to others that some don't experience. Sort of the WFSNFO's...............

[phileysmiley]

Well, we already know for a fact that IE7 behaves differently on x64 than x86. IE7 is a 32-bit application and a true 64-bit IE7 has not been written yet. I have been working directly with some of the Product Managers and leaders of the IE7 team and we have identified (and fixed) some of those problems. I haven't spoken to them about this one yet -- I just thought someone might have an idea.

There are bugs unique to IE7 and x64 (which they didn't even know about until I told them).

[kd1966]

dang......................... I know I'd be of more use if I could get this 64bit system together.........grrrrr