Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I 
don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a 
while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.

I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus, 
Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.

The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a 
hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called 
deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few 
registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing 
any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.

The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why 
does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I 
am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty 
folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on 
the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched 
for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just 
can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.


Thanks:  And here is the script:

; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
; Created by: Mike Burgess  Microsoft MVP
; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
;
; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted & Trusted Zone list
; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
;
; Revised to include the EscDomains key
;
; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
; Select Install from the Menu.
; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.

[version]
signature="$CHICAGO$"

[DefaultInstall]
DelReg=DelTemps
AddReg=AddTemps

[DelTemps]
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

; Recreate the keys to avoid a restart

[AddTemps]
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet 
Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?

   => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet 
Explorer (No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to IE7 & 
IE8 in all OSS]
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings

3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your 
subscription current?  What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? 
What third-party firewall (if any)?  Were any of these applications running 
in the background when you installed IE8 and/or SP3?

4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this 
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought 
it)?
-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Big_Al wrote:
> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I
> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>
> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.
>
> The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a
> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
> deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few
> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing
> any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.
>
> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why
> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.
<SNIP> 

Please don't post dangerous advice to the newsgroups.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Big_Al wrote:

Leonard Grey said this on 6/21/2010 4:46 PM:
> Please don't post dangerous advice to the newsgroups.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Big_Al wrote:

Sorry, did not mean it to be dangerous, it was meant to be informative 
to the readers that this is what I am doing but its not solving my 
problem.   I guess an unwritten advisement that its not a program to try 
therefore.

Big_Al said this on 6/21/2010 4:37 PM:
> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why
> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.

The above should have been "why does it work, and then not work and what 
can be done to make it or something else permanent?"      I think the 
above was poorly written.   Sorry,  I'm looking for an answer and nobody 
should take this as advice since its not working and I only did it in 
desperation.

PA Bear [MS MVP] said this on 6/21/2010 4:43 PM:
> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?
>
> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
> Explorer (No add-ons).
>
No change in behavior with no-addons.

> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to
> IE7 & IE8 in all OSS]
> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>
> 2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings
I've reset and no change.  (other than I see the change in settings.)
>
>
> 3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is
> your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> applications running in the background when you installed IE8 and/or SP3?
>
AVG without link scanner, and up to date.   Manually run Super Anti 
Spyware and Malware Bytes as needed (weekly at worst).    Zone Alarm 
free version.
No, IE8 was installed from the windows update months if not years after 
SP3.   The system was loaded in April 2008 as a fresh install with SP3 
slipstreamed and IE7.    I waited till about 4-5 months ago to upgrade 
to IE8, no issues till recently.   As a matter of fact I thought it 
might have been the KB update last Tuesday for that massive security 
update and I took the effort to uninstall it to see if that was the 
case.  No luck.  Its back in now.


> 4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on
> this machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> bought it)?

No, my copy of XP MCE does not come with any add on software.    I'm 
kinda lucky about that, I'm not sure why Dell did not supply me with a 
CD with junk on it, but I'm glad.   I do have all that "addon sofware" 
on a separate CD but I know its trialware and useless.

To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous 
message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.  Thank you & good luck.

Big_Al wrote:
> PA Bear [MS MVP] said this on 6/21/2010 4:43 PM:
>> 1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE in No Add-ons mode?
>>
>> => Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
>> Explorer (No add-ons).
>>
> No change in behavior with no-addons.
>
>> Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer's (No Add-ons) Mode [Applies to
>> IE7 & IE8 in all OSS]
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx
>>
>> 2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE Advanced settings (RIES)?
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Reset-Internet-Explorer-settings
> I've reset and no change.  (other than I see the change in settings.)
>>
>>
>> 3. What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is
>> your subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>> applications running in the background when you installed IE8 and/or SP3?
>>
> AVG without link scanner, and up to date.   Manually run Super Anti
> Spyware and Malware Bytes as needed (weekly at worst).    Zone Alarm
> free version.
> No, IE8 was installed from the windows update months if not years after
> SP3.   The system was loaded in April 2008 as a fresh install with SP3
> slipstreamed and IE7.    I waited till about 4-5 months ago to upgrade
> to IE8, no issues till recently.   As a matter of fact I thought it
> might have been the KB update last Tuesday for that massive security
> update and I took the effort to uninstall it to see if that was the
> case.  No luck.  Its back in now.
>
>
>> 4. Has a(nother) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on
>> this machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>> bought it)?
>
> No, my copy of XP MCE does not come with any add on software.    I'm
> kinda lucky about that, I'm not sure why Dell did not supply me with a
> CD with junk on it, but I'm glad.   I do have all that "addon sofware"
> on a separate CD but I know its trialware and useless. 

Hi,
What's the homepage?
Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?
-
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I
> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>
> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.
>
> The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a
> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
> deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few
> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing
> any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.
>
> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why
> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.
>
>
> Thanks:  And here is the script:
>
> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
> ; Created by: Mike Burgess  Microsoft MVP
> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
> ;
> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted & Trusted Zone list
> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
> ;
> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
> ;
> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
> ; Select Install from the Menu.
> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
>
> [version]
> signature="$CHICAGO$"
>
> [DefaultInstall]
> DelReg=DelTemps
> AddReg=AddTemps
>
> [DelTemps]
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"
>
> ; Recreate the keys to avoid a restart
>
> [AddTemps]
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains"
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
> HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Ranges"
> HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains"

Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:
> Hi,
> What's the homepage?
> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?
> -
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid>  wrote in message
> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I
>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>>
>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.
>>
>> The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a
>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
>> deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few
>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing
>> any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.
>>
>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why
>> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
>> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
>> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
>> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
>> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.
>>
>>
>> Thanks:  And here is the script:
>>
>> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess  Microsoft MVP
>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
>> ;
>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted&  Trusted Zone list
>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
>> ;
>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
>> ;
>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
>> ; Select Install from the Menu.
>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
>>
>> [version]
>> signature="$CHICAGO$"
>> <snip>
>

The home page or blank makes no change.   Being my personal home page I 
think you can understand not giving it out.   I did try google and that 
did no good either.

Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"

It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web sites in 
the Trusted Zone.

Regards.

"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message 
news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:
>> Hi,
>> What's the homepage?
>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?
>> -
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid>  wrote in message
>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I
>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>>>
>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.
>>>
>>> The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a
>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
>>> deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few
>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus removing
>>> any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.
>>>
>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is why
>>> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
>>> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
>>> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
>>> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks:  And here is the script:
>>>
>>> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess  Microsoft MVP
>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
>>> ;
>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted&  Trusted Zone list
>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
>>> ;
>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
>>> ;
>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.
>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
>>>
>>> [version]
>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"
>>> <snip>
>>
>
> The home page or blank makes no change.   Being my personal home page I 
> think you can understand not giving it out.   I did try google and that 
> did no good either.
> 

rob^_^ said this on 6/21/2010 7:05 PM:
> Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"
>
> It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web
> sites in the Trusted Zone.
>
> Regards.
>
> "Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:
>>> Hi,
>>> What's the homepage?
>>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?
>>> -
>>> Don
>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>
>>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I
>>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
>>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>>>>
>>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
>>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.
>>>>
>>>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a
>>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
>>>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few
>>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus
>>>> removing
>>>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.
>>>>
>>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is
>>>> why
>>>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
>>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty
>>>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on
>>>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched
>>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just
>>>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks: And here is the script:
>>>>
>>>> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
>>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP
>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
>>>> ;
>>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list
>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
>>>> ;
>>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
>>>> ;
>>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
>>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.
>>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
>>>>
>>>> [version]
>>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"
>>>> <snip>
>>>
>>
>> The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I
>> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that
>> did no good either.
>>

I just did that but I'm sure I've done it before.   No harm doing it 
twice.

I've been playing with IE for 10 minutes now (or so) and it seems to be 
working.    Your reset suggestion and the run with no add-ons were the 
last two steps.   I'm not jumping for joy yet, I'm going to give it to 
tomorrow but so far 8 to 10 restarts (of IE) and it opens okay each 
time.

............Time will tell........!

Big_Al said this on 6/21/2010 8:11 PM:
> rob^_^ said this on 6/21/2010 7:05 PM:
>> Tools>Internet Options, Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"
>>
>> It is usual to have your online mail providers and or your Bank web
>> sites in the Trusted Zone.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> "Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> What's the homepage?
>>>> Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?
>>>> -
>>>> Don
>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>
>>>> "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue. I
>>>>> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
>>>>> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
>>>>> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans. Chkdsk too.
>>>>>
>>>>> The system really does seems to work fine. However I ran across a
>>>>> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
>>>>> deldomains.inf that you could load. It basically deleted a few
>>>>> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus
>>>>> removing
>>>>> any entries. Below is the contents of the file.
>>>>>
>>>>> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is
>>>>> why
>>>>> does it work. And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
>>>>> am having the issue and there is nothing there. So I'm removing empty
>>>>> folders and putting them back as empty. But the problem returns on
>>>>> the 2nd run of IE. I'm just baffled. I've search and searched
>>>>> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me. I just
>>>>> can't make heads or tails of it. My hope is someone else might.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks: And here is the script:
>>>>>
>>>>> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
>>>>> ; Created by: Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP
>>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
>>>>> ;
>>>>> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted& Trusted Zone list
>>>>> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
>>>>> ;
>>>>> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
>>>>> ;
>>>>> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
>>>>> ; Select Install from the Menu.
>>>>> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
>>>>>
>>>>> [version]
>>>>> signature="$CHICAGO$"
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The home page or blank makes no change. Being my personal home page I
>>> think you can understand not giving it out. I did try google and that
>>> did no good either.
>>>
>
> I just did that but I'm sure I've done it before. No harm doing it twice.
>
> I've been playing with IE for 10 minutes now (or so) and it seems to be
> working. Your reset suggestion and the run with no add-ons were the last
> two steps. I'm not jumping for joy yet, I'm going to give it to tomorrow
> but so far 8 to 10 restarts (of IE) and it opens okay each time.
>
> ...........Time will tell........!

Rats.... Spoke too soon.

> > "Big_Al"<BigAl@name.invalid>  wrote in message
> > news:O81dXGYELHA.4120@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Sometime in the past few weeks/months I've developed this issue.   I
> >> don't use IE much so its not hard to understand me not seeing it for a
> >> while, so I can't restore or use a backup, I've done too much.
> >>
> >> I'm on Windows XP SP3 latest updates, and I've run my virus,
> >> Malwarebytes, Super Anti-Spyware, all full scans.  Chkdsk too.
> >>
> >> The system really does seems to work fine.    However I ran across a
> >> hint on a forum about issues like this and they supplied a file called
> >> deldomains.inf that you could load.   It basically deleted a few
> >> registry entries and restored them as empty folders again, thus
removing
> >> any entries.     Below is the contents of the file.
> >>
> >> The question I have is, if anyone can make better heads or tails, is
why
> >> does it work.   And yes, I've looked at these folders in regedit when I
> >> am having the issue and there is nothing there.   So I'm removing empty
> >> folders and putting them back as empty.    But the problem returns on
> >> the 2nd run of IE.       I'm just baffled.   I've search and searched
> >> for anywhere or anything that might be doing something to me.   I just
> >> can't make heads or tails of it.    My hope is someone else might.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks:  And here is the script:
> >>
> >> ; DelDomains.inf � 11-28-04 | Revised 01-15-06
> >> ; Created by: Mike Burgess  Microsoft MVP
> >> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
> >> ;
> >> ; Warning: Deletes all entries in the Restricted&  Trusted Zone list
> >> ; http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/restricted.htm
> >> ;
> >> ; Revised to include the EscDomains key
> >> ;
> >> ; To execute this file: in Explorer - right-click (this file)
> >> ; Select Install from the Menu.
> >> ; Note: you will not see any onscreen action.
> >>
> >> [version]
> >> signature="$CHICAGO$"
> >> <snip>


> Don Varnau said this on 6/21/2010 6:14 PM:
> > Hi,
> > What's the homepage?
> > Does another homepage or a blank page load faster?


"Big_Al" <BigAl@name.invalid> wrote in message
news:O$lyIHZELHA.4316@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...> The home page or blank makes
no change.   Being my personal home page I
> think you can understand not giving it out.   I did try google and that
> did no good either.


If you have no sites in Restricted Sites or Trusted Sites, it makes no sense
that DelDomains.Inf would help. Resetting IE settings, BTW, also clears out
security zones.

Prevent AVG from loading at startup *just long enough* to see if the
situation improves with AVG disabled. Or uninstall AVG and give Microsoft
Security Essentials a try.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/products/mse.aspx

Try another malware scanner. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/athome/security/update/windows_live_safety_center.mspx
and run the Customized scan- Protection only- no tune up, no cleanup.
-
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

Don Varnau wrote:
<snip>
> Prevent AVG from loading at startup *just long enough* to see if the
> situation improves with AVG disabled.

Or uninstall AVG & reboot, then do a fresh install of AVG: This time select 
the CUSTOM install option and do NOT install (i.e., uncheck) Linkscanner, 
Search-Shield, Active Surf-Shield, Security toolbar, or any of the email 
scanning components.

   � Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
   http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm 

PA Bear [MS MVP] <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
> To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous 
> message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.  Thank you & good luck.

When reading and replying to usenet newsgroup, it helps immensly if
you use software that is up to the job.  Then you can page back and
forth between messages easily and you don't need to bother others to
do the things the way you like (and others dislike).

"Rob" <nomail@example.com> wrote in message news:slrni20tuo.jel.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl...
> PA Bear [MS MVP] <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote:
>> To keep track of things, it helps immensely if you quote all of the previous 
>> message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.  Thank you & good luck.
> 
> When reading and replying to usenet newsgroup, it helps immensly if
> you use software that is up to the job.  Then you can page back and
> forth between messages easily and you don't need to bother others to
> do the things the way you like (and others dislike).

And breaks most of the guidelines here 
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
Number 4 in this case.

I don't mind people that don't follow these, just people that insist
that no one does.