I want *NO* home page in IE7

Is there any way to tell IE7 to not load ANY page at startup? I don't even 
want it to attempt to load "about:blank"

I start IE, get halfway through typing an URL or search and BOOM, my entry 
is messed up and "about:blank" loads.

Once I start typing into the address or search box I do *NOT* want IE 
hijacking my entry.

(And aren't there any IE7 newsgroups?)