I have few programs on my machine that keep on changing my home-page.
I found and tried this link, but I didn't find the part Internet under the Microsoft path in the registry address.
What I wanna do is lock the homepage so it cannot be change by programs other than the internet options of the control panel.
I use IE8 on Win7x64 machine. I guess the reg key is slightly different.
Go to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel. If this key doesn't exist, create it.
For example, if you only see HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft, then create Internet Explorer as a subkey, and Control Panel as a subkey of Internet Explorer.
On that key, create a new DWORD value called "Homepage" and set its value to 1.
Do the same for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel.
This will disable the homepage options on the Internet Options dialog. You will see a message on the bottom of the dialog saying "Some settings are managed by your system administrator". It will also deny permission to webpages that attempt to change the homepage.
To re-enable it, set the Homepage value to 0.
I have few programs on my machine that keep on changing my home-page.
That is not normal behavior for a well-behaving application. Sounds to me like you've got some malware and it's time to back up your data, format your drive, and re-install your operating system.
