Yes, I have tried msn.com. Still redirects.
I'm going to try running in safe mode and go back through everythign I've done and see if I can get to the bottom of it.
There you go. Very good news. I don't think it was suggested that it was an add on but you got there yourself anyway. It is useful information, and, for me, begs a question. My son is a Dell travelling repair man and asks, just in case it pops up in the future, was Windows LIve installed on purchase, with the toolbar option or was it an option you installed yourself.
Fwiw. Never would the answer have come to me. I installed Windows Live such a long time ago and did not want the toolbar - I find the available ones are overpowering (Hi reghakr!). I had forgotten that the particular option even existed - or that it would have caused your problem. Well done, again.
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? What was what?
Tblount.
I am tired of you following my posts around and vindictively trying to annoy me. As a consequence, I have decide to leave the site. I have no need for the costsant barracking. As you appear (in your own opinion) next to B.Gates in the computing world, I think you are of more value here than myself.
I’ve been wrestling with this same problem for several days and finally found a solution that works for me. The redirect can be repaired by going to Link Removed - Invalid URL. Just going to this page seems to reset the redirect of the msn.com home page to http://dell.msn.com.
I still have no answer to how to get rid of the redirect altogether, but at least I don’t get the broken links page anymore.
Finally a solution...
Open your browser and go to Tools>Internet Options and change the Homepage to www.msn.com and exit. Then go to Tools>Manage Add-Ons. Scroll down until you find Windows Live Toolbar BHO. Hit disable and when you get a popup, make sure you checkmark Windows Live Toolbar and disable. Close screen and hit home on your browser. It should take you to msn.com.
If it does, right click on the browser menu and it should give you a dropdown with menu bars. Click on Windows Live Toolbar to enable it and you should be golden.
Good luck!
PS, I think someone may have mentioned disabling Add-Ons so if you did, props! Thanks for the help.
Is there no fix where you don't have to be a power user? I am not comfortable changing system files.. should I call Dell and cry to them?
No... learn how to do it yourself.
Give a man a fish and feed him for a day... teach him to fish and feed him for life.