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Bing stole my home page. How can I get it back

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fritzgabbons
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I have used ( msn.com ) as my home page for a number of years now. And suddenly a few days ago i lost it somehow. When I try to go to msn I end up with a total white page with ( www.msn.com) in the address or location bar and (http://www.msn.com/) preceded by the Bing logo in the Tab bar. That is why I say Bing has hijacked my home page. I might add that MSN loads fine on IE. ( I don't like IE ) I have uninstalled & reinstalled Firefox. and still have the problem. I have switched my home page option over and back and it works on all except msn.com. Can anyone help ????

I have used ( msn.com ) as my home page for a number of years now. And suddenly a few days ago i lost it somehow. When I try to go to msn I end up with a total white page with ( www.msn.com) in the address or location bar and (http://www.msn.com/) preceded by the Bing logo in the Tab bar. That is why I say Bing has hijacked my home page. I might add that MSN loads fine on IE. ( I don't like IE ) I have uninstalled & reinstalled Firefox. and still have the problem. I have switched my home page option over and back and it works on all except msn.com. Can anyone help ????

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cor-el
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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites like msn.com that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.