I'm willing to bet there has been a problem with Internet Explorer 7, with the problem of the http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx webpage not going away and/or not loading completely.
I got this from: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=589489
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Sometimes IE7 will be stuck at the Welcome page (http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx )that appears the first time IE7 is run. Attempts to revert to the normal home page may fail:
Some possible causes of this problem are:
1) The Welcome page does not load completely for whatever reason.
2) Scripting has been disabled (note: blocking ActiveX does not cause this problem)
In such circumstances, the DWORD "RunOnceHasShown" may not be created in the following registry key, or it may not be set to a value of 1.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\RunOnceHasShown
If your system is stuck at the initial IE7 welcome page, shut down IE, check for the existence of the RunOnceHasShown DWORD and set it to a value of 1.
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The issue I have is, how do I get to this "DWORD" and/or how do I fix this problem so that this incomplete page isn't popping up anymore?
I got this from: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=589489
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Sometimes IE7 will be stuck at the Welcome page (http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx )that appears the first time IE7 is run. Attempts to revert to the normal home page may fail:
Some possible causes of this problem are:
1) The Welcome page does not load completely for whatever reason.
2) Scripting has been disabled (note: blocking ActiveX does not cause this problem)
In such circumstances, the DWORD "RunOnceHasShown" may not be created in the following registry key, or it may not be set to a value of 1.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\RunOnceHasShown
If your system is stuck at the initial IE7 welcome page, shut down IE, check for the existence of the RunOnceHasShown DWORD and set it to a value of 1.
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The issue I have is, how do I get to this "DWORD" and/or how do I fix this problem so that this incomplete page isn't popping up anymore?