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Re: Desktop Background Hijacked-NEW Problem(! Smart Security)

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DLH6213, DaveSW, and Crunchie
Thank you all for your help. I appreciate you taking the time to assist with my problem. If you are interested JC7 solved my problem with a simple adjustment I evidently had destroyed the original bug but had not got rid of its linking my desktop to a webpage. The thread is under internet explorer.
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Originally Posted by pleasehelpme-7

DLH6213, DaveSW, and Crunchie
Thank you all for your help. I appreciate you taking the time to assist with my problem. If you are interested JC7 solved my problem with a simple adjustment I evidently had destroyed the original bug but had not got rid of its linking my desktop to a webpage. The thread is under internet explorer.
Thanks again for your help.

Who is JC7 and can I get the Instructions?

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Re: Desktop Background Hijacked-NEW Problem(! Smart Security)

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I am having exactly the same problem with eactly the same web page as my desktop background.

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Re: Desktop Background Hijacked-NEW Problem(! Smart Security)

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Originally Posted by dlh6213

Try this; right-click on a blank area of your desktop (someplace where there are no icons), in the menu that pops up, click on Properties. In the next window, click on the Desktop tab; down near the bottom, click on the Customize Desktop box. Click on the Web tab and let us know what is in the box under 'Web pages:'

just to let you guys know I had the exact same problem and this fix's it. But I had to get to it a different way... Just go to control panels/Display/Desktop/Customize Desktop/ and then to the Web tab and then uncheck the security box there/ Apply now, and problem is solved

Thanks DLH for the info.