MSIE globe(top right corner of screen)was replaced (W98)

[snassau626]

A cheap ISP has monopolized my MSIE and replaced Microsoft's Globe with their own icon, which IMO, is VERY cheap looking.

I've tried repairing MSIE, reverting to an older version and reinstalling a new version of MSIE, all of which did not solve the problem.

Any ideas on how to get rid of this stupid graphic and get back Microsoft's spinning globe?

Thanks!!

[TonyKlein]

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q176713>How to Restore the Animated Internet Explorer Logo</a>

Cheers, Tony

[snassau626]

Tony (or anybody else),

I found that Knowledge Base article, but when i go into that key of the registry, i don't see anything called BrandBitmap or SMBrandBitmap.

This is what i see:
(Default)
{IE796980.......
LinksFolderName
Locked
ShowDiscussionBu.....
Theater
(these are the names, i can add the Data values if those are important)

Also, i went into the RegEditor and did a search for BrandBitmap and SMBrandBitmap, but didn't come up with anything.

Am i missing some idea/concept here?

Thanks!

[Mosaic1]

Try this. It will remoe ISP branding from IE.

Go to start&gt;run and paste this command line in. Press enter:


rundll32.exe iedkcs32.dll,Clear

[reghakr]

I definately should be the SmBrandBitmap entry.

Here's one more alternative, a script by David Candy:
open Notepad and copy and paste the following between the lines and save the file as ShowBranding.vbs. Double-click on the file to merge the contents into the registry.

============BEGIN CUT============
'ShowBranding.vbs
'Displays and/or removes branding information for IE4 and IE5 and sets a user Window Title.
'
'Serenity Macros http://www.angelfire.com/biz/serenitymacros
'David Candy davidc@sia.net.au
'

strExplain="Lists any browser customisation registry settings" & vbCRLF & "Only values present are shown, some may be empty." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF
strBranding=""
strTitle=""

Dim Sh
Set Sh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

On Error Resume Next
strBranding=strBranding & "Window Title " & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "SmallBitmap " & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SmallBitmap") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "BigBitmap " & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\BigBitmap") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "BackBitmapIE5 " & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BackBitmapIE5") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "BackBitmap (for IE4)" & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BackBitmap") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "SmBrandBitmap" & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\SmBrandBitmap") & vbCRLF
strBranding=strBranding & "BrandBitmap " & vbTab & Sh.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BrandBitmap")

If strBranding="" then
strBranding= "No customisation present"
MsgBox strExplain & strBranding, vbInformation + vbOKOnly , "Show Branding Information"
Else
If MsgBox(strExplain & strBranding & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "Remove customisation?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo + vbDefaultButton2, "Remove Branding Information") =6 Then
Sh.RegDelete("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title")
Sh.RegDelete("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\SmallBitmap")
Sh.RegDelete("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\BigBitmap")
Sh.RegDelete("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BackBitmapIE5")
Sh.RegDelete("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BackBitmap")
Sh.RegDelete("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\SmBrandBitmap")
Sh.RegDelete("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BrandBitmap")
End If
End If

strDefault=Sh.RegRead("HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title")
If strDefault="" then strDefault="Microsoft Internet Explorer"
strTitle=Inputbox("Do you want to set Internet Explorer's titlebar string." & vbCRLF & vbCRLF & "Use a space to set to nothing.", "Set Window Title", strDefault)
If strTitle &lt;&gt; strDefault then
If strTitle &lt;&gt; "" Then
Sh.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title",strTitle
End If
End If
============END CUT============

reghakr