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why does my homepage always go to about blank? i keep changing it but goes back to that about:blank crap! can anyone tell me whats wrong. thanks.

However unlikely.. It could be a piece of annoyance-ware like many adware programs.

IE: lycos search bar, cool search bar, etc

You can try running adaware by lavasoft to try and correct the problem. If it doesn't correct it run a search on microsoft for the problem. It may be a simple patch.

go to the homepage of Google, lycos, etc. whatever you are using and set as homepage. There should be a button on their homepage that does it for you. But everytime you are at your home page and you try to clear your browser, which I do quite often, just hit home at the top and it should bring back your search browser.