Need computer advice/help

[dawg53]

I have windows 7, IE8. MSN is my home page and hotmail.com as email. For two days now, my home page is blank, I cant get to my emails neither because the email link is on the homepage. The MSN homepage is already typed in at the top and I've refreshed it with no results. I went to internet options and checked general settings and MSN is there as well, and is my default. I clicked default,still a blank page and no MSN. I also have Firefox Mozilla and that came up just fine. I dont use it as a homepage and no email account and I dont like using google.
I can still go looking on the internet for anything...no problem. I just dont have a homepage and how do I get my email?
I'm NOT computer savvy, dont know computer terms and lingo. If anyone helps me out here, please keep it very simple and easy for me to understand. Step by step would be helpful if there's a way to fix this problem. Thanks in advance.

 

[Suzierd]

You should be able to go to www.hotmail.com and sign in to see your mail. In the MSN page if you already clicked on make this my default in the top right corner while on the web page then maybe you have a fire wall blocking them.

 

[MamaRoo]

Hotmail is on the process of upgrading to outlook. Maybe there's some glitch going on because of that. I don't normally use msn, but I just checked the page and it has me signed in under my hotmail name so the two are connected.

 

[cupman]

1) Open your Internet Explorer 8 browser.

2) In the upper right-hand side of the screen there is a pull down menu called "Tools"

3) The bottom on that pull down menu will say "Internet Options." Select that.

4) On the Internet Options there will be several tabs along the top of the window. Select the tab labeled "General."

5) The top of the "General" tab should say "Home page" with a blank box next to it. Enter www.msn.com in the blank box and then in the lower right of the window click "Apply."

This should work. Sometimes you can download programs or access material that will automatically change your home page. They are a hassle and sometimes they are very deceptive and can be hard to disable. I have dealt with it before and now every time I install anything or a window pops up I am sure to read it carefully and not breeze through it. I was not a big fan of Google's internet browser Chrome at first but after awhile it grew on me and now it is all I use. Good luck.

 

[MamaRoo]

This should work. Sometimes you can download programs or access material that will automatically change your home page. They are a hassle and sometimes they are very deceptive and can be hard to disable. I have dealt with it before and now every time I install anything or a window pops up I am sure to read it carefully and not breeze through it.

I've found that sometimes they install themselves even when you tell them not to. Stupid cheating programs.

 

[dawg53]

Thanks for responding everyone. I still cant get MSN as my homepage, so I went ahead and made Yahoo my homepage. I was able to get my email with your assistance Suzierd...many thanks. I can now get to it through Yahoo also.
Thank you Cupman. I did exactly what you stated and still couldnt get MSN homepage, I even rebooted with no luck. Mamaroo, I saw the Outlook upgrade a few days ago and ignored it, maybe I shouldve upgraded then.
I might be dealing with spyware, dont know for sure.