A search in Regedit did find the offending name, and this was changed back to the original. However on reboot the offending name had returned. I suspect there may be a hidden batch file, or something similar, being run on bootup that changes the default page. Any ideas as to where this will be, it's not in the startup directory, or if I have to restore my registry, how do I go about it. Even if I do restore the registry, will the problem still arise if it's running some dodgy file on boot up. John Murray The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com