Yes ... I have since learned that Dell and Google have made a commercial arrangement to embed what amounts to spyware to impose the Dell-iGoogle personalised 'homepage' as the default, irrespective of what you set-up in the browser settings.
This so far only applies to the new Dell XPS machines.
The deal, according to several forum threads that have recently started, is that Dell and Google share the advertising revenue from the imposed default homepage.
The issue for many, of course, is that imposes on open source programs like FireFox.
Anyway, after much investigation I have discovered that it can be turned off by removing the 'spyware' software from the computer. It has been given a name that bears no resemblance to its role which is why people have not noticed it in the add/remove programs options.
Unfortunately it is on my home computer so I can't tell you immediately the name (as I say it is somewhat obtuse and deliberately so to make it difficult for people to bypass the Dell-Google deal).
regards
Jarrah
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