What is your Start Page resetting to?  Is it a hijacker like About.com, or just Bing garbage?  I set mine to 'about:blank'.  If it is not a malware issue (run SAS and MAB in Safe Mode), then read on.

I have read nothing but horrors regarding Windows Updates out since February.  The Update Agent has been updated numerous times and most of the last year's updates have been telemetry to report back to MS or patches to help fix Win 10 'upgrade' bugs.  The Enterprise and Network folks on TechNet Forums are having nightmares over this.  Many are foregoing Updates until after the July 29th Win 10 deadline.  Maybe it will be better then.  Some, like myself, stopped updating after May when our Update Agent seemed to hang, or their server was overloaded.

Options:1.  Use System Restore in Safe Mode and go back prior to the Updates.  If IE works, turn Updates to 'Notify but do not install'.  Read the TechNet article for the KB before deciding if you want to install an Update.  There is a Cummulative update for IE 11 that you will probably want to install.
2.  Go into IE tools and settings and see what your home page is set to.  Also, check 'manage addons' to look for suspicious BHO's, toolbars, search providers, etc.

3.  If you cannot fix IE, try to re-install IE 11 direct from MS.  It will be a clean install and may fix your problems.  You shouldn't lose any of your personalizations. 

4.  Another option is to use a more secure 'build' of Firefox.  Comodo IceDragon hardly ever updates and is more secure.  Like you I prefer IE, but for my XP machine I had few choices.
Let us know what happens.  Good luck!
Dave Thompson


      From: Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
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 Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:55 AM
 Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Win 7 (64bit) & IE 11
   
I don't have an explanation for the IE behavior, but give this a try. Start IE in Administrator mode to see if this lets the settings stick. You can do this by right clicking on IE icon and select run as administrator. Good luck.

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Feuerhelm [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 9:12 AM
Subject: Win 7 (64bit) & IE 11

Hey all

I did a Windows update the other day, about 40+ updates in all.
After the update IE !! won't retain any settings. Especially my start page.
It resets every time I start it up. I haven't a clue as to what update might be at fault so I'm here to see if anyone has/had the same problem.
I've tried to go into internet options to set it there but no help there.
If I use Firefox everything works fine. But don't really like Firefox they keep updating it constantly and my add-ons don't keep up. SO I end up with Firefox not working the way I want it to after an update for about a week to two weeks after. So that's why I have switched back to IE. But If we can't find a fix for this then I guess I'll have to live with Firefox.

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