Could it be from tactics like the following?
A few unlucky souls who did not upgrade from IE6 to IE7 are plagued with an IE7 “Get it now” Home page or browser Hijack. While this in no way impacts IE’s ability to navigate the web I feel it necessary to point out this underhanded attempt at forcing the move IE7.
There may be a very good reason to move however the choice in tactics is a major annoyance. Then they require you to validate your version of windows to get it IE7 which is a further annoyance.
An Alternative is Firefox you could wash your hands of IE forever.
Provided you do not WANT to get it now then the following will STOP the IE7 Get it now Offer.
The fix:
This should stop the offer alone however there are a few other tweaks to try if it does not.
A registry tweak, use at your own risk. In windows you can use Regedit by clicking Start, Run and then type regedit.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Internet Explorer\Main]
"First Home Page"=" http://www.google.com/"
"http://www.google.com/" would be the homepage URL you wish to use.
Use the above at your own risk; I am not responsible if you screw up your registry. I can say though that this worked for a computer I had to Stop the IE7 Get it Now Offer on.
Note: This will override setting the homepage from IE. It would appear that if you wish to change your homepage then you will need to re-edit the above registry setting.
Of course your homepage if pressed again will follow the IE setting for your home page. The registry tweak is for when you first open IE.
The other tweaks:
In IE goto Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/
Uncheck “Automatically check for Internet Explorer Updates”
Click Apply and then OK
At http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Select CUSTOM and scan
Uncheck IE7
Then Hide it.
Of course one could simply Install IE7 however that would be like Giving in to the “Man”…
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IE7 get it now page
IE6 homepage hijack
Stop the IE7 get it now offer
First Home Page
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