What are You doing right now?

[odeon]

Have a look at your event logs, especially the system log. If you need help, PM me the relevant event IDs and I'll try to help you sort it out.

Yep, I just did that a bit ago. It is the ISP verification software trying to open their home page against my will. There is no doubt.

I hate them (with boots on!).

Download a program called HijackThis and use it to locate whatever it is that tries to open that home page. Be careful, though, because a lot of the stuff HijackThis lists is legit.

What ISP are you using? And what's the verification software?

(You don't already know this or haven't looked?)

It's Netzero and the software is their own proprietary befucklement! (You have to download their software, install it and run it in the background to get on)

I've seen HijackThis, but I've not tried it.

Try it. No harm in running it to see what's been taking over your pooter.

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I used another homepage preserver once and the Netzero software became corrupt and pouted. I have tried to go manually, but that also causes problems. [/quote]

All you should have to do is to break a registry key and then reset your home page. HijackThis can identify the problem for you. Ad-Aware can , too, probably, now that I think of it.

[Parts]

thinking about sleeping

[ozymandias]

Thinking about a light snack and then to bed

[Dexter Morgan]

using the bathroom

[DirtDawg]

Have a look at your event logs, especially the system log. If you need help, PM me the relevant event IDs and I'll try to help you sort it out.

Yep, I just did that a bit ago. It is the ISP verification software trying to open their home page against my will. There is no doubt.

I hate them (with boots on!).

Download a program called HijackThis and use it to locate whatever it is that tries to open that home page. Be careful, though, because a lot of the stuff HijackThis lists is legit.

What ISP are you using? And what's the verification software?

(You don't already know this or haven't looked?)

It's Netzero and the software is their own proprietary befucklement! (You have to download their software, install it and run it in the background to get on)

I've seen HijackThis, but I've not tried it.

Try it. No harm in running it to see what's been taking over your pooter.

I used another homepage preserver once and the Netzero software became corrupt and pouted. I have tried to go manually, but that also causes problems.

All you should have to do is to break a registry key and then reset your home page. HijackThis can identify the problem for you. Ad-Aware can , too, probably, now that I think of it.

Knowing which on the first try (or rather ... the third) would certainly be helpful. I'll try it.

[Alex179]

I am about to go to sleep.   Applied for a bunch of jobs online.

[odeon]

All you should have to do is to break a registry key and then reset your home page. HijackThis can identify the problem for you. Ad-Aware can , too, probably, now that I think of it.

Knowing which on the first try (or rather ... the third) would certainly be helpful. I'll try it.

HijackThis is somewhat less helpful than Ad-Aware because it does assume that you are capable of googling the results.

[ozymandias]

Waiting for my tea to steep sufficiently.   

[odeon]

Not much.

[Blasted]

Enjoying an orange and doing some spamming.

Anything to keep boredom at bay 

[Sophgay]

watching youtube videos

[Parts]

itching itching and more fucking itching as i type with one finger

[ozymandias]

Getting pissed at peaboy!     But, then again, I'm sure he likes that, so I'll do the "shun" mode. 

[Tristeza]

Watching Anthony Bourdain in Peru on the History Channel.  What a hottie.  I must be getting old, if chefs are starting to look hot to me. 

[ozymandias]

Watching Anthony Bourdain in Peru on the History Channel.  What a hottie.  I must be getting old, if chefs are starting to look hot to me. 

Meh, I'm hot for Cat Coura, the female Iron Chef of the Food Channel.     To each their own!