problem description:
every time ie 7 is opened, ie 7 directly goes to "http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx" if no human interventionand loads the ie 7 cumstomiztion page, it's very annoying
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how to disable it?
thanks

I signed up to thank you MSDN and the user Canon for the autoIT script.
im in IT and set up hundreds of systems and this will come in handy for sure
im planning on compiling a autorun.exe that will set systems to my default "profile" and this will be a part of it
/salute from cyprus

P.S. why do we need to be redirected online to a website to choose settings that can only affect our browsing local side? thats my question? why does this runonce site need to be online? is there a benefit from microsoft in knowing how many new installations of I.E.7 take place?
go firefox go chrome

This post has been edited by traoullos: Oct 13 2008, 05:14 AM

FIXED: Stop the Internet Explorer runonce screen displaying when IE is started

I fixed this by adding two registry entries, this is how I did it:
(note: only do this if you cant stop the run-once screen appearing by selecting your options on the page and clicking on Save Settings)

1: Launch the registry editor
-> Click on start, run (in Vista on start button and type in “Start Search” box) and type regedit and press enter

2: Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

3: Add a DWORD value called RunOnceHasShown and set the value to 1
(note: if the value already exits just change its value to 1)
-> Right click in the right hand pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
-> Rename the new value to RunOnceHasShown
-> Double click on the new value and set its value to 1

3 b: Add a DWORD value called RunOnceComplete and set the value to 1
(note: if the value already exits just change its value to 1)
-> Right click in the right hand pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
-> Rename the new value to RunOnceComplete
-> Double click on the new value and set its value to 1

4: Check that the StartPage value has the correct home page in it (alternatively you can set this in Internet Explorer)

5: Close the registry and Open Internet Explorer. Hey presto, it works!

More info: Remember you can damage your Operating System when you edit the registry, so be careful. Thanks to robkermit and beentheredonethat from msfn.org for this solution. See http://www.brightvisions.co.uk/Latest-Solu...nce-screen.html for more details.

Al – IT Support Engineer for www.brightvisions.co.uk