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How to change your homepage

Changing your homepage is pretty easy, but keeping it there is difficult because a lot of software programs try to alter it, sometimes without your explicit permission (there is big money in homepages btw).

Today I will show you how to set your homepage in the most common browsers, with some offering multiple homepages and other nifty options, which I will guide you through too.

Choose your web browser…

  1. Google Chrome
  2. Chromium
  3. Firefox (WIN)
  4. Firefox (LINUX)
  5. Internet Explorer
  6. Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)
  7. Opera
  8. Safari (MAC)
  9. Safari (WIN)

Change homepage in Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)

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Today I will show you how to change your homepage in Internet Explorer via the Metro interface on Windows 8/8.1 which is a little different from going via the Internet Options route. Perhaps watch the video guide as well as reading the text guide.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Internet Explorer (WIN8/8.1)

  1. Open Internet Explorer via the Start Screen tile
  2. Type in the web address of the page you want as your homepage, and hit enter
  3. Mouse-over the address bar at the bottom of your screen to make it appear (if it isn’t already visible)
  4. Click on the Spanner icon at bottom-right of your screen, then choose Options
  5. Look for the Home pages heading, then click on the Customize button
  6. Now click the Add current site button, then the Add button, to add your homepage
  7. Remove any pages you don’t want by clicking on the link, then click the Remove button
  8. Click outside the sidebar to close
  9. You’re all done!

Change homepage in Internet Explorer (XP, Vista, 7)

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Today I will show you how to change your homepage in Internet Explorer running on XP, Vista or 7 and it’s pretty straight forward too. Did you know you can also have multiple homepages open on startup? A handy feature for news junkies.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Change your homepage in Internet Explorer (XP, Vista, 7)

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click on the Gear icon IE Tools icon at the top-right of your browser window
  3. Click on the Internet Options menu item
  4. The Internet Options window should now be open, select the General tab
  5. Look for the Home Page heading near the top
  6. Enter URL web addresses into the text-box, one per line (hit enter for new line)
  7. URL format is: http://www.google.com/ replacing google with the web address
  8. Now look for the Startup heading (just below the text-box)
  9. Make sure the Start with home page option is selected
  10. When you’ve finished, click OK to close the Internet Options window
  11. Restart Internet Explorer to test if your homepages appear on startup.
  12. You’re all done!

Reset Internet Explorer to default settings (WIN8)

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Sometimes, the best way to get Internet Explorer on Windows 8/8.1 up-and-running again is to reset it back to its default settings. It’s reasonably easy and I’ll show you how in this guide.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Reset Internet Explorer back to default settings

This guide applies to Windows 8.0 and Windows 8.1

  1. Open Internet Explorer in Desktop mode
  2. Click/tap the Gear icon IE Tools icon top-right of the browser window
  3. Click/tap the Internet Options menu item
  4. Click/tap on the Advanced tab on the Internet Options window
  5. Click/tap the Reset… button on the lower part of the window
  6. For the Delete personal settings check box you can either:
    1. Check if selling your PC or need to fully reset IE back to default settings (ie. after virus infection)
    2. Leave un-checked if you’re performing regular maintenance
  7. Click/tap the Reset button, IE will now reset
  8. After the reset process is complete, click/tap the Close button
  9. Close IE and restart your PC
  10. You’re all done!

Reset Internet Explorer to default settings

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSbpDh7N3GU]

Sometimes, the best way to get Internet Explorer up-and-running again is to reset it back to its default settings. It’s reasonably easy and I’ll show you how in this guide.

Watch the video above or follow the text guide below.

Reset Internet Explorer back to default settings

This guide applies to Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click on the Gear icon IE Tools icon top-right of the browser window
  3. Click the Internet Options menu item
  4. Click on the Advanced tab on the Internet Options window
  5. Click the Reset… button on the lower part of the window
  6. For the Delete personal settings check box you can either:
    1. Check if selling your PC or need to fully reset IE back to default settings (ie. after virus infection)
    2. Leave un-checked if you’re performing regular maintenance
  7. Click the Reset button, IE will now reset
  8. After the reset process is complete, click the Close button
  9. Close IE and restart your PC
  10. You’re all done!