Firefox suddenly began opening every time I start my computer. The tab is always there and it never closes. I don't want it to. How can I change it back?

I tried unpinning it but it is still always open.

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Hi xSum1x, I suggest using some of the scanning tools in this article as the first step in the clean-up: [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]. After that, you can use Microsoft's Autoruns utility to see what is running at startup and turn it off (using this tool can be a little overwhelming, but if you focus on the startup tab, it isn't too bad): [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx Autoruns for Windows]. Does that clear it up?

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I have to reconnect to my DAQ device every time I start my computer... Why?

Hello, I am Ricky, a process engineer intern at a company. I am still a novice at LabVIEW and NI MAX. We have one cDAQ9181 set up to pneumatics and another set up to an encoder. Now, every time I start my computer the pneumatics box is already connected, as expected. However, the encoder one is not. When I click on it in the sidebar, it is found and connects, but the encoder itself does not connect until I perform a self-test. These devices have stayed plugged in and connected overnight, and yield no other issues -- they should be connected as soon as the computer is on. Does anyone know what is going on and/or how to solve this? I can try to provide a picture if necessary.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to offer some valued help! -Ricky
Solved!
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USB? You might want to check your USB power settings. By default, Windows likes to enable a power saving feature where it will turn off the USB hub power. This has caused a lot of problems with people using USB DAQ for long tests. But you can disable this feature by going into the Windows device manager and going into the USB hub settings.
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How do I stop one extra tab from opening every time I start Firefox?

Every time I open Firefox, my Yahoo homepage opens, but an additional page also opens which has a variety of website thumbnails and nothing else on that page.
In my Options, I have ONLY www.yahoo.com selected as my homepage, so only ONE page should be opening every time I start Firefox.
However, no matter what I do, this second page continues to open every time. It's very irritating, as half the time I've already begun to enter data into my homepage, then the second page pops up and switches to that and I'm typing on that page.
Please advise.

@jscher2000
Thank you!! That fixed the problem. The only add-ons I have are for my anti-virus software WebRoot, but somehow I must have installed Speed Dial without realizing it.
That fixed the problem. Greatly appreciated!!

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Sorry to be a while getting back! Tried all of that with no sucess so this AM, bit the bullet and deleted the FF folder from programs and downloaded and installed FF 10.01. Still was plagued with the same problem. Went into the appdata folder and there were two sessionstore.js files. Deleted them both, restarted the browser and no compatibility check for add-ons was done at start up and the extra tab for Welcome to FF was no longer opening Everything seems to be working as it should and I did not loose any of my settings.. Thank you for trying to help and I hope my solution helps anyone else who might experience this in the future. Here's hoping the next update goes smoother!

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i currently use a iMac OS X 10.6.8 and I cannot open iPhoto. Every time I click on iPhoto the coloured wheel comes up and lets me go no further, leaving me with no other option but to force quit the application.
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Try repair the Library:
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Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
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TD

Why does a new run once start up program run every time I start my computer? The start up program is coming from Reader XI. The only name on it is a number starting with 141_______.

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See also https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1654402

Every time I start my computer, I have to uninstall and install flashplayer !!!

Every time I start my computer, I have to uninstall and install flashplayer.
Is there any solution/cure for this problem ?
Flashplayer=Flushplayer ?

My OS is Windows Vista Home Premium sp2.
My Webbrowser: Internet Explorer.
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Hello
I've been having so many problems since I updated my computer to Maveriks. One of them and probably the most annoying one is the keyboard preferences.
I bought my computer in Mexico and the keyboard has always been setup in Spanish ISO since I remember. Since the update Every time I start my computer my keyboard settings are set in English. So I went to the panel and add Spanish and deleted English form it and it works. The problem is that I have to do this everyday, which is completetly stupid because it used to work before.
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Hope you can help with this little but annoying problem

You have a corrupted com.apple.desktop.plist preference file.
Deleting the System Preference or other .plist file
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* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
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* [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
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== i downloaded avg free edition

BY removing avg toolbar from your firefox adds-on should remove this problem

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