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ray penny Posted on Jan 06, 2014

Make google my home page

Get ride of ask and make google my home page

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You didn\'t specify what browser you\'re using nor what operating system you\'re using. Assume you\'re using Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) and Windows 7.



When I see the "Ask" homepage and/or "Ask Toolbar" problem, it usually tells me there\'s adware/spyware on the system. Ask components are not just a single program but usually consist of multiple pieces that you have to take care of. You may need to take aggressive action to remove "Ask" features. It can take quite a while to remove Ask and return control of the home page to you. This article from PC Magazine will give you a decent start: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421591,00.asp



There are a thousand web articles out there talking about how to remove Ask components, both automated and manual. Some of them start out with a treatment of the system using MalwareBytes or SuperAntiSpyWare programs. Both of these offer free scanning and cleaning. They will not remove Ask but will help you get rid of most other infestations to ensure a stable platform before you begin. I often find the manual Ask removal procedure to be the most thorough but one that takes more time and effort. Try the easy ones first - you may get lucky.



Once you\'ve ridded your system of the Ask junk, you will then be able to have your Google Home Page back. In the IE browser, call up Google.com. Then use Tools > Internet Options. Look at the top panel of the General tab. Delete everything in the field. You\'ll see a button to the left called "Use Current", click that and Google.com should now be your home page.



If you fail to completely remove Ask, Ask SearchBar, Ask Toolbar, and all Ask components, I\'m afraid this Ask home page hijack may come back to haunt you until you do get rid of it.



Ask is usually injected on a system when you download and install software, for instance Java. Most reputable software vendors (like the folks who make Java) will let you OPT OUT of the Ask component -but- it is up to you, the user, to pay attention and take the OptOut path. Blindly clicking through a software install, whether downloaded from the \'net or off a disk, is just asking for it.



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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 06, 2011

SOURCE: make google my home page ditto ditto

To setup Google as your home page try the below steps
1. Go to control panel 2. Internet options 3. under general tab / Homepage 4. type in http://www.google.co.in/ 5. click on apply & ok
Google would be setup as your default when you open Internet explorer

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Aug 04, 2012

SOURCE: how to make google home page on firefox

When you open Google (www.google.com) and the Google WEB page appears, click on Tools - Options - Click on Use current page then click OK
Then every time you open Firefox then you will get the Google WEB page.

billandmisty

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  • Posted on Nov 09, 2013

SOURCE: I WANT GOOGLE FOR MY HOME PAGE ONLY

Many times, downloading a toolbar will automatically set your homepage whether you wanted it to or not. First, I would check to see if you have any toolbars installed (I remove all of them).

Click on Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features

If present, right-click on the Ask Toolbar and select Uninstall.

Next, return to Control Panel and open Internet Options. Under the Homepage box, enter http://google.com/ and click on the Apply button. This should solve your problem.

If the homepage continues to revert back to the other pages, you more than likely have a running application causing the browser to automatically select the scripted page. I would then recommend downloading Google Chrome or Firefox to use as a web browser. If you already use Google Chrome and the problem is happening, download again to revert the settings back to default.

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Dear Chris,

Open 'Control Panel'. Go to the 'Programs and Features' and uninstall everything related to 'Ask' or 'Ask Toolbar'. Then go to you browser and put Google as your home page again.

As we do not know what browser you are using, we can not provide more specific answers. if you are kind enough to tell us what is the browser you commonly use, we can tell you how to add google as your home page.

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In order to make Google as the home page, goto www.google.com and when the page loads, just below the search field you will see small link saying - Make google as the home page. Click on it and it will set google as your home page.

Kindly let me know if it helped solving your query.

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