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Is there a way to purge unwanted Home Page entries?

Jun 6, 2004 8:28PM PDT

I am running XP Home on an HP Pavilion 533w. When I was doing maintenance on my computer I wanted to change my home page. No problem with that. However, when I was in Internet Options I cleared the current home page to add the new Home Page address. When I did the drop down menu popped up. I noticed the bar was small and at the top. So I checked, and there are probably 100 or more entries. I just would like to remove all of them except for my current Home Page address. Is there a simple way to do this????

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StartPage Guard 2.5?
Jun 6, 2004 10:13PM PDT

"StartPage Guard 2.5" is a freeware 422kb download that protects a system from cyberscam by detecting and preventing unauthorized changes to the Internet browser's Start and Search pages and capable of automatically removing most known "invaders".

Note: the site does not list XP as a Platform but may function. I do not know since I have not installed nor used this utility.

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Re:StartPage Guard 2.5?
Jun 8, 2004 6:48AM PDT

Installed StartPage Guard 2.5 on XP Home almost twelve months, ago works fine! Sits in background no fuss no maintenance.

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Re:Is there a way to purge unwanted Home Page entries?
Jun 7, 2004 4:36AM PDT
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Some ''notes'' for Kees.
Jun 7, 2004 11:07PM PDT

1. Something to consider when experiencing anomalies when using the "Autocomplete feature" in IE, is that corruption in this area can cause havoc. The article [Q160158] describes methods for resolving situations concerning the Temporary Internet Files and History folders, to include the Index.dat file they contain that may become corrupted.

2. To unravel some of the mistery, PCMag's article (second page) [AutoWhat? 2] explains that each input field in a Web-based form has an internal name that identifies the field to the system, and under Windows 9x (95/98/Me), the internal field names are visible in the Registry, but the data is encrypted. Under Windows NT (NT 4.0/2000/XP), even the field names are inaccessible.

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