Questions tagged [homepage]

A homepage is usually the primary or initial page of a website.

A homepage (also home page or index page) is usually the primary or initial page of a website.

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Can I manually add a thumbnail web page to the Chrome homepage?

Is there a way to manually add a web page to the 8 thumbnails that appear when you open Chrome? I want to add Google Maps for easy access. The Google front page already shows up so I presume the Google Maps page never will as it's a subset of…
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Firefox homepage is changed. Now they're displaying a game. How to change it back?

The Firefox homepage is now displaying a game with 'Click Me' call to action button. How to change it back to normal (previous) homepage?
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How to remove speed dial screen from Opera 12

How do I remove the speed screen from Opera 12 so I can replace it with my homepage when opening a new tab All other web explorer programs have an option to "open homepage when opening a new tab" I have read through way too many pages but can not…
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How to change Edge Home Page

I want to change MS Edge browser home page I don't want the default Edge news page. I followed the instructions were given by Google but did not work for me I turned on the Home Button as suggested and set a new home page but I still get the…
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How can I get Google Chrome to show my home page whenever a new tab is opened?

Using the latest Chrome stable version, is there a way either, by editing some config file or via an extension, that will allow me to specify that my home page be opened each time I click the NEW TAB button? I'd prefer my homepage open rather than…
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How can I get Firefox to open a cached version of a page in new tabs?

At work, we use a bug-tracking system to keep track of what work needs to be done. I can set the new tab page to be a list of all of my bugs, however this page loads slowly, as the site queries a database to get the list. I would like Firefox to…
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Chrome ALT+HOME opens the old Homepage

I used to have the iGoogle page set as Homepage in Google Chrome. Now, as the iGoogle service will be retired, I searched for alternatives, found some, and adjusted my Chrome Homepage accordingly. When I open Chrome it's OK, the new homepage gets…
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IE 9 home page is hijacked by avg

I definitely know how to change the home page in Internet Explorer (Tools -> Options -> General). The problem is, no matter what I put there, it never changes. Stop/restart Internet Explorer and the old home page is back. I did some research to see…
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How do I make the "New Tab" page set as my homepage in Opera?

How do I make the "New Tab" page set as my homepage in Opera? (as in when I load up Opera it opens new tab page)
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How do I lock my homepage in IE8 so applications cannot alter it?

I have few programs on my machine that keep on changing my home-page. I found and tried this link, but I didn't find the part Internet under the Microsoft path in the registry address. What I wanna do is lock the homepage so it cannot be change by…
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How to overwrite a group policy - homepage

I'm in IT at my work but can't change the group policies. I want to know if theres a local script or registry change I can use that overwrites or changes the homepage policy. Basically I just want it to go to Google instead of our companies'…
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How to get rid of hao123 startpage in Firefox

I have installed an app and that app has set my Firefox start page at hao123.com. I searched my programs I found that baidu toolbar was installed to the Firefox without my permission I have uninstalled the baidu toolbar and I still have the same…
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My home page always changes to smartwebsearch.net – is it a Trojan?

Possible Duplicate: What to do if my computer is infected by a virus or a malware? Every time I change the Home page in Firefox or IE it returns back to http://www.smartwebsearch.net ? What is wrong with my PC? Is it a Trojan or spyware?
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Is there any way to ban certain pages from appearing at Firefox Home Page

As you may know, Firefox displays links to frequently visited web pages for some time now. It is customizable to some point, for instant I decided to display so called Top Sites in 4 rows. My problem is, I cannot seem to get rid of displaying…
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Firefox Start page stay white

I'm a Firefox user since several years so I know it but today I had a strange problem. I installed the last stable version of Firefox (3.5.5) on a computer but when I launch the browser the page stay empty (blank). In the settings I set the…
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