"StartPage Guard 2.5" is a freeware 422kb download that protects a system from cyberscam by detecting and preventing unauthorized changes to the Internet browser's Start and Search pages and capable of automatically removing most known "invaders".
Note: the site does not list XP as a Platform but may function. I do not know since I have not installed nor used this utility.
I am running XP Home on an HP Pavilion 533w. When I was doing maintenance on my computer I wanted to change my home page. No problem with that. However, when I was in Internet Options I cleared the current home page to add the new Home Page address. When I did the drop down menu popped up. I noticed the bar was small and at the top. So I checked, and there are probably 100 or more entries. I just would like to remove all of them except for my current Home Page address. Is there a simple way to do this????

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