i have opened ie icon ,tools options,gen. I have then deleted the msn.com address which is visible and clicked on default. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157 is what I get which opens the msn home page. I'd enter the ie address but I dont know what that is. this problem was created by 'Windows Live signup page' somehow showing up when I clicked on the explorer icon the other day. I was able to get rid of the ad from coming up each time by entering msn.com in the address to replace that. I'd like to beable to have the basic ie explorer page come up like it used to . Im thinking of uninstalling ie and reinstalling it.