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msn keeps loading after I sign out of hotmail. How do I stop this happening

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Every time I sign out of my Hotmail account MSN loads it's news page or front page. How do I stop this happening. I want to go direct to my home page (google) immediately after I sign out of Hotmail

Every time I sign out of my Hotmail account MSN loads it's news page or front page. How do I stop this happening. I want to go direct to my home page (google) immediately after I sign out of Hotmail

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Update. Thicko me...I have now installed script and it works fine. Needed to reload Firefox. n.b. It goes straight back to sign in page is there a script to take it back to Google homepage?

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hello silverlexus54, this redirection to another microsoft page at logout is hardcoded into hotmail.

you could use the greasemokey extension & this userscript to circumvent that behaviour.

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Hi thanks for that BUT... I have downloaded and added Greasemonkey extension and I have seen the script. Do I copy this? It doesn't allow you to download and add it anywhere. So what do I do with it, where do I put it and how do I do this? Do I have to copy and paste it into a file? If so which one and where? I am not a programmer, but have reasonable computer skills. Appreciate your help.

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Update. Thicko me...I have now installed script and it works fine. Needed to reload Firefox. n.b. It goes straight back to sign in page is there a script to take it back to Google homepage?

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hello, yes that's the deafult option of the script - you can also change the page that will be shown at logout manually. go to firefox/tools > addons > user scripts & click "options" next to the "no msn..." script, then select "edit this user script". the first time greasemonkey will ask you to specify an editor - the easiest way is to navigate to C:\Windows\ & select notepad.exe. instead of www.hotmail.com you can then specify any custom page and save the file afterwards...

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Thanks for your help will try your solution I'm sure it will work. There's confidence for you.