Change Your Home Page
Is there a site that you visit every time you browse the Web? If so, you can set it as your home page. That way, it will appear every time you start Internet Explorer 6 or click the Home button on the Internet Explorer 6 toolbar.
On This Page
 | Change Your Home Page |
| Go to Your Home Page |
| Create a Customized Home Page |
Change Your Home Page
1. | Go to the Web page you want to make your home page. |
2. | On the Internet Explorer 6 Tools menu, click Internet Options. |
3. | In the Internet Options box, on the General tab, click the Use Current button.  Internet Options box |
4. | Click OK.
Be careful! Some Web sites display an option to make their page your default home page. If you select this option, your current home page may be replaced without giving you a warning. To restore order, follow the steps above. |
Tip: Minimalists, take note—you can make your home page blank, and if you're a person who wants Internet Explorer 6 to start speedily, a blank home page can't be beat. In Step 3 above, click the Use Blank button. Internet Explorer 6 will display a perfectly blank page every time you start up.
Go to Your Home Page
Wherever you are on the Web, click the Home button. Internet Explorer 6 takes you straight to your designated home page.
Internet Explorer 6 toolbar
Create a Customized Home Page
Want to create a truly customized home page with only the news and information that you want to see? It's easy with MSN. Simply go to My MSN and sign in with your .NET Passport. From there, you can create your own home page and personalize the settings the way you want by:
| • | choosing which information categories you want to see, such as news, entertainment, shopping, travel, sports, and more |
| • | picking the color scheme you like best |
| • | rearranging the layout of your custom home page by moving items and columns so you can organize the information you choose the way you want  My MSN home page |
Once you've created your customized home page on My MSN, you can make it your default home page in Internet Explorer 6. Just follow the steps at the beginning of this article.