Need Rid of Annoying Header

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Such headers are usually caused by some version of malware or spyware. Run
Ad-Aware to get rid of it.

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That is absolutely untrue. It is a setting made by the ISP. If I remember
right, it is a registry entry.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
"Cooter" <cooter@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Such headers are usually caused by some version of malware or spyware. Run
> Ad-Aware to get rid of it.
>
>

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Thanks TJ,
Isn't it a marvelous, wonderful surprise when something works?

You'd have to know the less trivial problems I've been having in order to
appreciate my joy, also solved by this forum, by the way.

Thanks, it's done.

Terry

"TJ" wrote:

> Peaceworks <Peaceworks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Not sure if it can be called a "header", actually, but unable to
> > think of better.
> >
> > Since switching internet servers a few months back, I have tried
> > several times unsuccessfully to rid the web page of the ever-present
> > line of text from my previous server at the very top of the page, (I
> > can see it now as I type).
> >
> > It states "Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Rogers Hi-Speed
> > Internet". I'm not sure why I find it so annoying but it is so.
> >
> > Though a seemingly trivial issue, is there someone out there who can
> > help?
>
> What you are referring to is called "Branding" There are many ways to
> manipulate IE's Title Bar, but if all your looking to do is to get rid of
> the Rogers brand, and you don't feel like mucking around in the registry, go
> here;
>
> http://www.dougknox.com/utility/sc [...] nbrand.htm
>
> And download and run the .vbs script provided. All gone.
>
>
>

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Peaceworks <Peaceworks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks TJ,
> Isn't it a marvelous, wonderful surprise when something works?

*Everything* on the Doug Knox site works. I find his pages to be invaluable
resources.

> You'd have to know the less trivial problems I've been having in
> order to appreciate my joy, also solved by this forum, by the way.
>
> Thanks, it's done.

Welcome. And just as an aside. If you have "Spyware Blaster" installed?
.....

You can edit the Title Bar easily. Just fire it up and hit the Tools button
on the left, and then choose, Misc. IE Settings. From there, you can type
in whatever you want, or nothing at all. Personally, I made it blank. This
way, no matter where I surf, all I see is the Title the author of the page
included in the HTML, and nothing else.

For instance, Google shows up in my Title Bar as just that, Google -

Spyware Blaster is a pretty neat program designed to stop the "nasties" from
ever finding their way onto your machine in the first place. It's my first
line of defense. And since I've had it installed, it's made Ad-Aware, and
Spybot Search & Destroy's jobs a lot easier.

It's free, and available here;

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html