How to Change One’s Homepage
Malware applications, misbehaving web pages, and guest users sometimes change a web browser’s homepage.
Changing one’s homepage back to a reasonable option can save time and prevent annoyance every time the web browser is opened.
How to Change a Homepage back to Internet Explorer
To change a homepage within Internet Explorer:
- Open Internet Explorer from desktop or Quick Launch.
- Open the Tools menu.
- Select Internet Options.
- The General settings tab contains three sections. The first section, titled Homepage, is the one needed.
- There are now four options to change the homepage:
- Type a URL into the block labeled Address.
- Click to set the homepage to the web page currently being viewed.
- Click to set the homepage to the default homepage set when Internet Explorer was installed.
- Click to cause Internet Explorer to always start with a blank page by default. This is a good option when there is extremely limited bandwidth.
- Click the Ok button
How to Change a Homepage back to Mozilla Firefox
To change a homepage back to Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox from desktop/Programs/Quick Launch.
- Open the Tools menu.
- Select Options.
- The Main settings tab contains a sub section titled Startup.
- The When Firefox starts drop down list provides 3 options: Show my homepage, show a blank page, and Show my windows & tabs from last time.
- There are now four options to change the homepage:
- Type a URL into the block labeled Homepage.
- Click Use Current Pages to set the homepage to the web page currently being viewed.
- Click Use Bookmarks to select a homepage from a Bookmarks list.
- Click Restore to Default to cause Firefox to always start with a blank page by default. This is a good option when there is extremely limited bandwidth.
- Click the Ok button.
|
|
- How to Make Facebook One’s Homepage
As Facebook’s popularity continues to expand, many computer users spend the majority of their online time solely on the Facebook portal. As a result, the desire to avoid wasting time opening the computer’s web browser to a default page that is not Facebook has increased. Although not difficult to change, many computer users do not [...]...
- How to Change My Home Page
The home page of a web browser is the URL or a locally store file that automatically opens when a web browser is launched. The web page can also be accessed by clicking the home button located within the browser. The home page feature can be enabled or disabled as and when required, and users [...]...
- How Do I Change My Home Page to Yahoo?
Changing the home page for your web browser to Yahoo is fairly simple and can be done with the following instructions: Microsoft Internet Explorer Users of Microsoft Internet Explorer will need to select the Tools tab and select ‘Internet Options’. This will pull up the Internet Options menu. Selecting the General tab will show the [...]...
- How can I Change my RuneScape Password?
Your Runescape password needs to be changed in case you feel someone else knows it, even if you have the slightest suspicion, or your computer has been key logged. If you have forgotten your password, you cannot change it with the help of this article. This section only tells you how to change your password [...]...
- How to Customize Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, which the Mozilla Foundation runs and Netscape owns, is a web browser that allows users to browse the web, check email, play browser-based online games, and take advantage of thousands of add-ons that are not found in any other web browser. Mozilla Firefox was designed to be user friendly and highly functional, gaining [...]...