RE: Windows Desktop Search Default is Ask.com - Can't get rid of i

If it's inthe Sprint USB driver than you are screwed.
But it might be some service sprint installed and that's restoring the
provider at boot time. I don't know if you can find it and disable it, but
try this:
Search your drive for DefaultSearch.dll and if you find it and the
manufacturer is shown as ask.com or unknown, unregister it with
regsvr32 /u defaultsearch.dll


"Steve" wrote:

Decebal,

I have a similar problem with Ask hijacking my search default.
The situation is different and I'm having problems following your fix.

Here's my situation:

I installed a Sprint 3G wireless data USB dongle (Model U680) onto my laptop.
The dongle comes complete with software included in the USB.
I installed the 3G card with no problem and have access to the internet
wirelessly.

The one irritant is that my default search engine in IE7 gets reset to Ask
everytime I boot up. Regardless of how many times I change to Google and
remove Ask as a search option, it shows back up again when I reboot.
Needless to say this is getting irritating!

C:\Program Files\AskPBar\History contains a search2 file of unknown type.
It was created the day/time I first used the dongle, so this is the
offending piece of code. I will attempt to delete it and reboot my machine
and will let you know if I was successful.

Stay tuned.

Steve

"decebal mihailescu" wrote:



"Dreanmachine" wrote:

Howdy,

For some reason my default search from the Windows Desktop Search now always
goes to Ask.com. I have played around with the default search options and
Google is set as my default (which is what I want) However, it still always
goes to Ask.com. when I search the web from the desktop search option. I
don't see how to get rid of this. Any help? It is annoying. Thanks in
advance!
I had the same pesky problem in IE6.
Here is how got rid of it.
1.Close all IE instances.
2.Uninstall everything that resembles ask.com or ask something.
3.check for a folder likely to be called C:\Program Files\AskSearch\bin or
some similar name
4.open a command prompt and cd C:\Program Files\AskSearch\bin
5.uregister that evil dll: regsvr32 /u defaultsearch.dll
6.It should succeed, and if you want you can delete/rename it.
7.restart IE6 and check it out for some sites wit no www prefix
It worked for me on Win XP & IE6.
.

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