# oh give me a home, where the pop-up site roam...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-pop-up-site-roam/73785>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-pop-up-site-roam/73785 "2001-07-25T20:27:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-pop-up-site-roam/73785/1 "2001-07-25T20:27:47Z")

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how do i stop my home from being constantly reset every time the computer is restarted? it’s set for default ([msn.com](http://msn.com)), i click apply, i click on home, and i’m on [msn.com](http://msn.com)

computer reboots. turn on ie, and msn is no longer home. i used to have this problem when i had installed a free isp, and my home kept getting redirected to [xoom.com](http://xoom.com). but i don’t remember how i got rid of it.

any help?

thanks,

jb

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-pop-up-site-roam/73785/2 "2001-07-25T22:12:21Z")

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You don’t say what version you’re using.

For IE5.5 and Windows ME, you can change your home page in 2 different places.

First, is under Tools up at the top here, Internet Options, General, Home Page.

Then there’s this:

> [@](#):
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> To reset Internet Explorer Web settings
> 
> If you installed another Web browser after installing Internet Explorer and Internet Tools, some of your Internet Explorer settings may have changed. **You can reset your Internet Explorer settings to their original defaults, including your home page** and search pages, and choice of default browser, without changing your other browser’s settings.
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> On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.  
> Click the Programs tab.  
> Click the Reset Web Settings button.

Bolding mine. Does this help?

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-pop-up-site-roam/73785/3 "2001-07-25T22:12:31Z")

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Is there some sort of cookie or executable that you’ve gotten from Xoom? I’d look for those and delete them. But this is a WAG.