I think you are referring to about:tabs whereas I get about:blank .
I have read all the material on the about:tabs page though. As
I indicated in my first post I did choose that option but I still
don't get the home page in a separate tab. I was able to
configure this just the way I want under XP but not under
Vista even though I use IE7 in both.

On Sep 2, 11:14 pm, JethroUK© <re...@the.board> wrote:
> Have you checked out the blank page?
>
> It' a tutorial on using tabs - you have to choose 'don't show me this
> again' - then it will open as web page
>
> "ggrothendieck" <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1188781435.461390.323060@22g2000hsm.googlegro ups.com...
>
>
>
> >I meant it was written prior to Vista.
>
> > On Sep 2, 8:58 pm,ggrothendieck<ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I had to turn off UAC temporarily when installing an XP program
> >> that was written prior to XP and will not install properly with Vista
> >> user accounts but I turned UAC back on after I was finished and
> >> other than that have not touched security.
>
> >> On Sep 2, 8:47 pm, "Saucy"
>
> >> <e9fd5gegbvc56y.bjt...@grdhtbis958t8j54j.net> wrote:
> >> > Have you adjusted the security zones at any point?
>
> >> > Saucy
>
> >> > "ggrothendieck" <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >> >news:1188780230.979572.245080@22g2000hsm.googlegr oups.com...
>
> >> > > On Windows Vista using IE7 if I press ctrl-T for a new tab I get
> >> > > about:blank rather than
> >> > > the home page in the new tab even though I set "Open home page for
> >> > > new
> >> > > tabs
> >> > > instead of a blank page" under
> >> > > Tools | General | Internet Options | Tabs
>
> >> > > If I click on the Home page icon the home page comes up in a new
> >> > > window. If
> >> > > I create a link in the Links Toolbar it does the same thing exceptit
> >> > > also gives me
> >> > > a message that its placing it in a new window since it has a
> >> > > different
> >> > > security level.
>
> >> > > How can I get my home page to appear in a new tab? I was able to do
> >> > > that under XP
> >> > > using IE7. I gather it thinks there is a security issue. How do I
> >> > > circumvent this.- Hide quoted text -- Hide quoted text -