Yahoo non functional after MSN Updates

Windows XP Sp2 and IE7

After August updates a few days ago I am unable to go into Yahoo past the main page. It stalls. It does it with other programs like trying to download from MG I get to the page to download and I hit the tab but nothing happens or a blank white page comes up.

IE7 starts up with a home page of runonce.msn.com and a blue screen. I am unable to change the home page to google in internet options.

I have tried everything I know for 2 days.

 

Can you go back to an earlier restore point from before your MSN update? See if that gets rid of the problems.

abri

 

Do I reply to each reply via the quote or just reply to thread. I am still kind of a newbee.

Anyway.
(1) When I hit restore system I just get a white blank screen. I also noticed below system restore an IE icon that says (no-add-ons) so when I go to IE7 and hit Internet options and hit enable or disable add ons it won't go any further. So I can't even dnld yahoo toolbar because when I get to the dnld bar in anything that is as far as I am allowed to go. So I also am not able to reinstall IE7.

(2) I did not just install IE7. It was working fine untill the upgrade.

 

Do you mean to download Windows Registry Guide? That is the only software I find in Majorgeeks. If not could you explain this prceedure a little more.

I have the file ready to go but am not clear what to do with it.

 

Sorry to bother again but I am able to complete all but this part=goto file > save as and call the file ie7runfix.reg to save it as a registry file.

It saves as a txt file and I can't dble click to add it to the registry.
Please help.

 

I saved the file in notepad but when I double clik on it , it just opens. Don't know what to do next or how to install it in the registry.

Meanwhile, now I can't even read email on yahoo it brings up the email with address etc. but the page is blank? Also,I still can't go into a website from IE7 past 2 clicks. Before each of the two clicks it says "your brouser settings prevent you from being automatically redirected to another URL please click below. After this shows for 2 seconds it proceeds to the next window of a site but will only do this two deep into a site.

I am about ready to re-install everything from scratch. Sorry to go on & on.
I feel like I am supposed to get tired and say oh! well might as well upgrade to Vista. If I did I probably would have the same problems just a new system to get used to with them. Thanks for listening.

 

Just in case, go to the link below and go over the steps in How to Make a .Reg File carefully, it includes screenshots that might help you in case you are missing something in Halo's instructions. Pay special attention to #5 and the screenshot.

http://www.nellie2.co.uk/file.htm

Steve

 

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It is my home computer. Thanks for the file. Your right I have more problems, so I am going through the malware removal guide from MG and then I am going to do a recover.

Even when I do a search with windows I get the dog at the bottom but it is blank above the dog. Whew! I am learning alot with the problem. That is the positive part.

Before I do a recover, I am running every freeware registry prgm just for experience. Thanks everyone.

 

Run malware removal guide instructions and found nothing so I did a reinstall of everything and it is resolved.

Thanks again. Learned alot from this experience.

 

One question about Malware Removal Guide. When I went throught I did not do every line of Steps on the special removal proceures. Did I skip something that was vital?

 

Thanks for the clarification Halo. You have been alot of help. Do you ever sleep? Ha! guess I should talk.:zzz