Change your default home page
The page that first appears when you open your Web browser is called your default home page. Initially, it's whatever Microsoft or your computer manufacturer wanted it to be. But you can change that at any time. It's a simple process:
- Browse to the page that you want to make your new default home page.
- Click the arrow on the Home button and choose Add or Change Home Page.
- If you haven't yet used multiple tabs (discussed next), choose Use This Webpage As Your Only Home Page and click Yes.
No matter where you are on the Internet, you can always get back to your default home page just by clicking the Home button in Internet Explorer.
If you have two or more Web sites you visit regularly, you can set up multiple home pages using tabs.
In this tutorial:
- Using Windows 7 Internet Explorer
- Understanding How the Web Works
- Examples of Top-Level Domains and URLs of Web Sites
- Windows Explorer Versus Internet Explorer
- Using Internet Explorer
- Browsing to a Web site
- Using AutoComplete
- Using Back, Forward, and History buttons
- Magnifying a page
- Panes and toolbars
- Full-screen viewing
- Change your default home page
- Using Tabs
- Using Quick Tabs
- Creating multiple home page tabs
- Rearranging and removing home page tabs
- Personalizing tabbed browsing
- Shortcut keys for tabs
- Using Web Slices
- Using Accelerators
- Using RSS Feeds
- Optional settings for RSS feeds
- Using the RSS Feed Headlines gadget
- Managing Favorite Sites
- Adding tab groups to Favorites
- Starting Your Favorites Collection
- Organizing Favorites
- Importing and exporting Favorites
- Blocking Pop-Ups
- Using the Information bar
- When pop-ups still get through
- Using the SmartScreen Filter
- How the SmartScreen Filter works
- Getting the most from the SmartScreen Filter
- Deleting the Browser History
- Clearing AutoComplete entries
- Configuring AutoComplete
- Understanding cookies
- Deleting cookies
- Adjusting cookie privacy settings
- Looking at cookies and privacy policies
- Understanding temporary Internet files
- Clearing temporary Internet files
- Temporary Internet files settings
- A note on certificates
- Using Internet Security Zones
- Printing Web Pages
- Using Print Preview
- Saving Web Pages
- Copying content from Web pages
- Downloading pictures and videos
- Making Internet Explorer Your Default Browser
- Searching the Web
- Choosing search providers
- Choosing a default provider
- Searching from the Search box
- Searching from the address bar
- Getting More with Add-ons
- Managing add-ons
- Internet Explorer Help and Troubleshooting