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Problem Retaining Home Page On Ie
It wasn't wanted at all, but my home page is now stuck on some Microsoft home page offering me Bing and other Microsoft options. Attempt to change this all fail, as whenever I start up again, this page comes back.
I'm using windows 7 and IE10. I usually find the page I want as my home page (here, Facebook or Google) and change it using the "make current page my home page" option in internet options.
This works while on that session, but whenever I reboot, back comes that other page. How can I get rid for good?
I'm using windows 7 and IE10. I usually find the page I want as my home page (here, Facebook or Google) and change it using the "make current page my home page" option in internet options.
This works while on that session, but whenever I reboot, back comes that other page. How can I get rid for good?
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Most people around here (including me) wouldn't touch Internet Explorer with any number of the the proverbial bargepoles. However the usual causes of home pages resetting themselves are as follows:
a) forgetting to click 'Apply' (rather than just 'OK') when changing the home page ;
b) correctly changing the home page but not not changing the start page as well (and then expecting the start page to display the same as the home page - although I'm not sure whether IE actually differentiates between the two anyway, as other browsers do) ; and
c) a browser hijacker taking over your home page. (See below).
Take a look at the URL of the page that keeps coming up. If it includes 'microsoft.com' then it's probably genuine. However if it's something different then you're probably seeing a fake Microsoft page which is there to tempt you into clicking on a dangerous link. If so, download, install and run the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to see if it can get rid of the hijacker:
https:/
(NB: When installing it, take great care to deselect the pre-ticked option to take a free trial of the Premium version).
Also take a look at your list of installed programs, to check that nothing has recently installed itself without your knowledge.
a) forgetting to click 'Apply' (rather than just 'OK') when changing the home page ;
b) correctly changing the home page but not not changing the start page as well (and then expecting the start page to display the same as the home page - although I'm not sure whether IE actually differentiates between the two anyway, as other browsers do) ; and
c) a browser hijacker taking over your home page. (See below).
Take a look at the URL of the page that keeps coming up. If it includes 'microsoft.com' then it's probably genuine. However if it's something different then you're probably seeing a fake Microsoft page which is there to tempt you into clicking on a dangerous link. If so, download, install and run the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to see if it can get rid of the hijacker:
https:/
(NB: When installing it, take great care to deselect the pre-ticked option to take a free trial of the Premium version).
Also take a look at your list of installed programs, to check that nothing has recently installed itself without your knowledge.
This may help.
Try going to Tools (the wheel at the top right of Internet Explorer page), click manage add-ons, select Search Providers. If you have Bing, disable it. If you want a particular Search Engine, e.g. Google, add it to the search providers. Make sure you tick the box below which reads 'Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider
Try going to Tools (the wheel at the top right of Internet Explorer page), click manage add-ons, select Search Providers. If you have Bing, disable it. If you want a particular Search Engine, e.g. Google, add it to the search providers. Make sure you tick the box below which reads 'Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider
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