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Opening a new tab brings up Bing where I used to get Google. How do I change this back?

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gordcoinc
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Dell laptop running Windows XP. I downloaded a "theme" for my Firefox page, which I have since un-installed. Now when I open a new tab I get Bing, where I used to get Google. I want to revert to Google but I can't seem to find a way to change this setting.

Dell laptop running Windows XP. I downloaded a "theme" for my Firefox page, which I have since un-installed. Now when I open a new tab I get Bing, where I used to get Google. I want to revert to Google but I can't seem to find a way to change this setting.

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TonyE
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Firefox by default will show a blank tab when creating a new tab, if a new tab opens to a specific site this is likely to be caused by an add-on. Check through the settings for your tab related add-ons to see if they have that feature.

cor-el
cor-el
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How are you opening that Tab?

Is your Home page setting still correct?
See Tools > Options > General > Startup: Home page

See also Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

In addition to the above, your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.

  1. Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
  2. Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_17 for Mozilla browsers

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.