Miner

That'll do it!

 

noahdfear

Believe you hit the nail on the head! Didn't wait long but it does't take long for the file to get into AdWare. I changed both mine and Grouch's PC to contain a URL as Home Page. Ran Adware on both and all comes up clean. She reminded me that this started only recently. Now I suspect it started with the New or Updates of Adware.

Newt, BillyBob, and Noahdfear I sure appreciate your time and effort to help with this. Another example of how much the site is worth and my becoming a Contributing Member is a very small price for the valuable information. Best money I've spent in a long time.

BillyBob: The HDValet deletes all temp folders/files, even those that Cleanup leaves. But good information.

 

You bet, Mudd. Glad we got to the bottom of it. I know it must have been frustrating.

 

Mudd - as an alternative to starting on a blank page, let me send you a copy of the home page I use for startup. Simple page I wrote myself a few years ago and easy to modify to put links to the places you like to start.

I have just links and a live weather box. When I fire up the browser and all is well, I see current weather. If it isn't there, I don't have internet. But in all cases, it loads quick.

When you get the thing (with some basic instructions, do a view source and you can see how it is built and how to make changes for yourself.

That way you have a page you can tweak to suit yourself (even remove everything if you want) but won't have to deal with the about:blank issues.

 

Or leave your homepage set to any preferd page and make a new Internet explorer shortcut that start's blank, Adaware will still target it but you can safely exclude it
simply make a shortcut to iexplorer.exe then right click > properties >
change the target value to
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome

 

Newt - Got the email. This will be interesting to do and learn at the same time.

Lonny - That too sounds interesting. May do what Newt has suggested and follow to get it by using your method. Hope I can do that.

Thank you both. Here is the link I settled on last night. http://www.jeromy.net/chr/

Fast loader and offers some information at the same time.

 

Nice page Mudd! Much faster speed test than I've been using too!! BTW,

• speed 3.7 Mbits/sec * highest 3.7 Mbits/sec * lowest 1.4 Mbits/sec * average 2.6 Mbits/sec

I guess I can live with that.

Hey Newt, I'd like a copy of that too.

 

Dave

The Cable Installer used that when he installed my Cable system. I tried to get a look at the address but he click off before I could see it. I asked him for the address and he said "it was for our testing only and didn't want to have the public hogging it up." Big Deal! Bet he was just a contrary guy. He forgot or didn't know about History in PCs. So much for the Testing Only.

Dave, thanks for the help here and in the past.

 

LOL! Good thing he's a cable guy and not your computer repair man! Glad to help Mudd.