Cannot change Firefox start page on XP, always Dell Start page.

I cannot change the start page on Firefox on my Dell XP. I can change it on I.E., Seamonkey, and Netscape. Firefox always becomes the Dell/Google start page. I don't have the GoogleAFE nor the Browser Address Redirect programs. I don't have the My Way program. I am not using Zone Alarm (which locks the home page). No entry in the registry has a google.com/ig/dell URL. This only affect Firefox.

See the [[Preferences are not saved]] article. If it is just the home page setting that can not be changed, the first place to check is the user.js file as shown in that article.

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