# How do I change my start page?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-start-page/9277>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-start-page/9277 "2000-03-27T20:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-start-page/9277/1 "2000-03-27T20:44:00Z")

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Somehow, this stupid Windows Update page is my start page.Every time I start Internet Explorer, this is the first thing I see and I hate it.  
I have changing my home page, which works well, but I still cannot figure out how to get the start page changed.  
For the record, I am using Internet Explorer Ver.5.00.2919.6307  
Any help would be greatly appreciated.I’m sure this is terribly simple and I am just too dense to figure it out.

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**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-start-page/9277/2 "2000-03-27T20:47:00Z")

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"I have changing my home page…’

Er, ‘changed’ perhaps?  
…wiping drool off keyboard…

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**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-start-page/9277/3 "2000-03-27T20:52:00Z")

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From the menu bar select Tools/Internet Options…

A tabbed pane should come up. One of the tabs is titled General. The top textbox on that page allows you to set your home page.

On Netscape (which I use at work) you can set it so no start page at all comes up. This is convenient if your service is intermittent – you don’t have to wait forever to find out it’s not going to connect. (Not that the service is bad at work but there’s a firewall that creates occasional problems.) I don’t know how to do that in the generically-titled Internet Explorer.

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