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Tab Default Settings

abellk
abellk
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When I click the "New Tab" button (or the "+" sign on the right of the current tab), it used to take me to a blank page where i could start typing in the web address bar. For some reason, it now takes me to a blank page with the "bing" search bar. My only problem with this is that now when I start typing immediately, it posts the web address I type into the Bing search bar. I don't want the "Bing search bar" and I'm not sure how I added it into my blank tabs. I've looked on my "control panel" internet settings, I've looked under the Firefox menu in "options" and I can't seem to find the area where I would address this issue. I'm sure this is a little issue, but I'd love some support, if possible. Thank you, in advance, for your help in resolving this issue! Kait

When I click the "New Tab" button (or the "+" sign on the right of the current tab), it used to take me to a blank page where i could start typing in the web address bar. For some reason, it now takes me to a blank page with the "bing" search bar. My only problem with this is that now when I start typing immediately, it posts the web address I type into the Bing search bar. I don't want the "Bing search bar" and I'm not sure how I added it into my blank tabs. I've looked on my "control panel" internet settings, I've looked under the Firefox menu in "options" and I can't seem to find the area where I would address this issue. I'm sure this is a little issue, but I'd love some support, if possible. Thank you, in advance, for your help in resolving this issue! Kait

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David McRitchie
David McRitchie
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Remove Bing:

That one was done with a Microsoft update that incorrectly updated people not using Bing.

How to Remove Bing as Your Default Search Engine and Get Firefox to Work the Way it Used to | eHow.com

http://www.ehow.com/how_5196325_remove-firefox-work-way-used.html

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL

Removing the Search Helper Extension and Bing Bar | Troubleshooting | Firefox Help

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Removing%20the%20Search%20Helper%20Extension%20and%20Bing%20Bar

Make Google.com or any other page your home page

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

Tools > Options Security

[x] Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
[x] Block reported attack sites
[x] Block reported web forgeries

Bring up the Control Panel, under Programs and Features, uninstall the Bing Bar

in case StartNow is not removed

Remove "Start Now" extension which puts Bing search into a new tab,
Tools > add-ons > Extensions or "Ctrl+Shift+A" > Extensions

then uninstall "StartNow" and restart Firefox. may be found in c:\program files (x86)\StartNow -- use the uninstaller in the StartNow folder.