Internet Explorer Homepage "Hijack"

Every new user that would log into a system with a particular image on it would have their homepage redirected to "http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_US&c=93&bd=all&pf=cmdt" , even though the Default User Profile had the homepage set to http://www.google.com/. This was a one time thing, once the user changed the homepage it would stick.

After much trial and tribulation, I found the culprit. It is a file called "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP.ins"

At the end of the file, some HP bloatware appended the following lines:
[URL]
Home_page=http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_US&c=93&bd=all&pf=cmdt
FirstHomePage=http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=en_US&c=93&bd=all&pf=cmdt


After removing the lines, the homepage for new users was Google once again.