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1 posted on 04/05/2012 6:07:41 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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did you got to Tools/Options in Mozilla and change it there/


2 posted on 04/05/2012 6:09:28 AM PDT by Spaghetti Man (NOBAMA)
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When you say you Have “tried everything,” what have you tried? It would help to know.


3 posted on 04/05/2012 6:10:48 AM PDT by FryingPan101
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What Windows version you running?

For WinXP, what does it say if you go to Tools, then Internet Options? Should have your homepage listed there.


4 posted on 04/05/2012 6:10:59 AM PDT by rawhide
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And, you went to “tools”, “options” and changed your homepage back?


5 posted on 04/05/2012 6:11:34 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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First, what web browser are you using?


6 posted on 04/05/2012 6:11:34 AM PDT by iowamark (The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves)
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Tools, options, General...enter the home page you want and click apply or save or OK at the bottom


8 posted on 04/05/2012 6:12:01 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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Go to Control Panel, Internet Settings, and change it there...............


9 posted on 04/05/2012 6:12:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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Use a restore point from three weeks ago.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084


10 posted on 04/05/2012 6:12:34 AM PDT by narses
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Sounds like the hard drive is acout to crash. Or the system board!

/s


11 posted on 04/05/2012 6:13:09 AM PDT by rawhide
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You have a browser hijack trojan. Download/run Spybot Search/Destroy.


14 posted on 04/05/2012 6:14:12 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Willard Romney, purveyor of the world's finest bullmitt. | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: US Navy Vet
On Firefox:
Tools>Options>General
About 1/3 of the way down the box:
Home_Page: (put in the url of the homepage you want)
Clock "OK" button
15 posted on 04/05/2012 6:15:05 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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Go to Yahoo, then from your browser menu select - Tools / Options - click the General tab and then click on “Use Current Page.”


16 posted on 04/05/2012 6:16:48 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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On the taskbar on the bottom of the screen click on “Start”, then click on “run”.

In the dialog box that appears type

regedit

and click on “ok”.

On the left pane of what comes up, click on “My computer”.

On the menu select Edit/Find and search for “wwww.google.com”.

When it finds one, it’ll highlight it on the right pane. Double click that to open it and change the name and press ok.

Press F3 to find the next such occurence and change. Keep going until the entire registry is searched. It’ll tell you when it’s finished searching through the registry.

P


17 posted on 04/05/2012 6:18:02 AM PDT by fruser1
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My guess is you have a virus causing the problem.


18 posted on 04/05/2012 6:18:02 AM PDT by ArkansasBushfan
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If you have set the home page back in the browser settings, but it keeps reverting, most likely that is because some sort of browser add-on, toolbar, or some other software was installed and is setting it back. This is *really* easy to happen, as lots of inexpensive software installs this sort of thing in order to get a kick-back from Google (or Yahoo or MS). Typically the software will ask if you want to install this, but it is subtle and most people click right past it without noticing.

Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs (or Uninstall Software) and see what is installed. Uninstall anything suspicious there. SOrry I can’t say which program it is for sure w/o seeing it. You might also go into Firefox Add-Ons and look at the browser extensions/add-ons to see if it is there. You can probably disable it from there as well.

Good luck.


19 posted on 04/05/2012 6:18:09 AM PDT by Scutter
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regedit p.s., you have to restart your machine after editing regedit for the changes to take effect.
20 posted on 04/05/2012 6:20:05 AM PDT by fruser1
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Google is about to buy Yahoo, so it may all be a moot point soon


21 posted on 04/05/2012 6:23:30 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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SOMEHOW my web "Homepage" got changed to Google.com

I think I know how this possibly happened. When Google is NOT your home page, and you access it, there is a small area at the top of the page that says something like: "Come here often? Make Google your home page."

If she unintentionally clicked on it, your home page was changed without actually going under the hood.

I doubt this is a malware issue, unless I missed any of your further replies. IMHO, malware would look a bit more obvious (i.e. shopping pages coming up randomly as you browse).

In any case here are instructions from mozilla that should help you change your homepage back.
23 posted on 04/05/2012 6:33:46 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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As always, the correct answer is, “Buy a Macintosh.”


25 posted on 04/05/2012 6:42:12 AM PDT by Corwin of Amber (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice no virtue.)
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Lots of good ideas here, but I say buy a new computer and avoid Mozilla. Put everything in your old computer on a thumb device but just take the most essential stuff to the new computer. You will discover that the thumb device gives you serenity and a feeling of lightness and detachment from your old baggage, 99% of which you will not miss and never be stimulated to access.
No really. Get a new computer. Shopping is fun.


26 posted on 04/05/2012 6:42:46 AM PDT by Lady Lucky ( Romney -- the pink slime of presidential politics)
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