text: question for computer experts...? ok, my dad has an hp pavillion windows 98 computer. he suddenly lost his browser and his homepage...what would cause this and how does he correct it? he did a norton anti-virus scan and nothing came up, so kind of clueless on what to do to correct it. i appreciate your help...thank you.... what do you mean your browser disappeared? your ie shortcut just disappeared or did your entire browser program get deleted?  in order to check, you need to go to c:&#92;program files&#92;internet explorer and see if you can locate your internet explorer program because i do not think it is possible for your program to just get deleted. click on iexplore.exe and make sure your browser starts up correctly. you just need to create a shortcut for that iexplore.exe and put it back on your desktop.