IM in Firefox on Windows and every time I turn off my concection my Firefox home page internet loses its settings.
I have reset Firefox several times but each time I have shut down my computer or disable the internet connection, the problem recurs. When I open Firefox, the search bar on the upper right side of the screen has Amazon.co.uk and the Firefox search bar in the middle of the screen has no search engine and Im unable to use it for research.
I typed in browser.search.defaultenginename
and it found
Browser.Search.defaultenginename; Google
Browser.Search.defaultenginename, S; Google
SweetIM. ToolBar.Previous.Browser.Search.defaultenginename; Google
I changed all 3 to Google and now everything works fine. Thank you for your help
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