Problem:

The runonce screen is displayed instead of the home page when Internet Explorer is launched with URL: http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx

Solution:

First try to stop the run-once page appearing by selecting your options on the page and clicking on "Save Settings". If that does not work, you can disable the run-once page in the registry by following these steps:

1. Launch the registry editor
   1. Click on start, run (in Vista on start button and type in “Start Search” box) and type regedit and press enter
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
3. Add a DWORD value called RunOnceHasShown and set the value to 1
   (note: if the value already exits just change its value to 1)
   1. Right click in the right hand pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
   2. Rename the new value to RunOnceHasShown
   3. Double click on the new value and set its value to 1
4. Add a DWORD value called RunOnceComplete and set the value to 1
   (note: if the value already exits just change its value to 1)
   1. Right click in the right hand pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value
   2. Rename the new value to RunOnceComplete
   3. Double click on the new value and set its value to 1
5. Check that the StartPage value has the correct home page in it (alternatively you can set this in Internet Explorer)
6. Close the registry and Open Internet Explorer.
7. You may need to set IE to "Open home page for new tabs instead of blank page" in Internet Options as described here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Open-a-new-tab-to-your-home-page-in-Internet-Explorer

Additional Notes:

This solution was tested for IE 7 (Internet Explorer 7), but it should work for all recent/new versions of IE.

Editing the registry can cause damage to your Operating System and have, make sure you follow the instructions carefully or ask a Technician if you feel uncomfortable making changes yourself.