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Your computer start-up page

10 years ago

What start-up page do you like? I like something with some news. Not too interested in celebrities.

Just figured out how to change it on Windows 10.

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX

10 years ago

I just have plain old Google. I have netvibes which I have set up to have all the news and information and various sites I like to check regularly. You can get your own page free and set up all your favorites in one place too. It gathers feeds and whatever else you choose.

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sushipup1
10 years ago
I have CBS News. Some of the others have too many pictures, too little text, for my taste. I dislike the links that are to videos, tho. I can read something far faster than following a link. My DH is using Yahoo, which I think is all fluff and celeb.
Jasdip
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
I have about 3 tabs open up. The last ones that I had open. The Kitchen Table and the Yahoo Log-in page for sure.
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arkansas girl
10 years ago
I use MSN for my home page, I have for YEARS. I don't care for change....HAHAHA!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
10 years ago
My home page is my email at Hotmail my main account. On some devices I have Google as the home page. I usually always have a few other tabs open too.
socks
Original Author
10 years ago
Arkansas girl, do you have that AdChoices at the top? I know you can opt out but it's so complicated. Do you have Bing for searching?

Raven, does google have a start page with news?
Elmer J Fudd
10 years ago
A home page is a setting in a browser. It has nothing to do with the version or even the type of a PC's operating system, also has nothing to do with the type of PC or device.

To change it, look for a setting after you've started your browser. The location is slightly different for each.

Google/search for your browser and homepage setting, with a search with these words as examples:

Firefox change homepage

or

Chrome change homepage
socks
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes, I know how to do it now, thank you! Just deciding what I want.
PKponder TX Z7B
10 years ago
I like Google too, it loads fast and then I use my bookmarks to go where I want.
Rose Pekelnicky
10 years ago
I do the same as pkponder
socks
Original Author
10 years ago
Ok thanks everyone!
User
10 years ago
I just have Google too...plain and simple but it does what I need. I used to have a big Yahoo spread with the news and so on, but changed it because there were always some article that would catch my eye and I'd find myself reading it instead of doing what I went online to do.
wanda_va
10 years ago
I have Google also! My most-frequently used page.
OklaMoni
10 years ago
I like a blank page. That way, I don't get distracted, when I first go online, but can go to where ever I want to. If I click on "home", I go to my weather page.

Moni
graywings123
10 years ago
Right now I am using cnn.com so that I can scan the headlines first thing in the morning. I don't like that videos auto turn-on, though. And apparently it is a feature you can't turn off for this site.
sushipup1
10 years ago
Graywings, that's why I kept shopping around. Hate it when videos start automatically. I keep my sound turned off except when I want it. Try CBS. Not bad.
Alisande
10 years ago
I have Chrome set to open up where I left off when I shut down, so the only thing resembling a home page is the Google screen I see if I start a new tab.
wildchild2x2
10 years ago
Google. I don't like clutter on my computer.
cynic
10 years ago
My computer runs 24/7, less occasional reboots. I have it open the last pages I had open and I have several pages (TV logs, a couple weather pages, OneTab, email page and my "home page") pinned. I made my own start page with links to common places I go. This developed over the years. I added images for radar, weather forecasts, etc and has since grown to a large page. I often have a number of pages open. For instance when I go to some YouTube pages I wind up opening up others that are linked on that page. I open them in new tabs so I don't lose the other links of interest. Then close them down. If the computer locks up or something, it'll open the last set of pages and I can continue.

One of the best things I did was spend the time making up a page of links. Now I tend to use OneTab more than the link page but it still has the old links and info on there so it gets used quite often. I never liked the bookmark/favorites setup on browsers. Works great for me.

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