Re: browser search missing

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From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:22:54 -0700

To search from the Address bar

In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Search from the Address bar, select one of the following:
To view a list of likely matches in the Search bar, and display the most
likely Web page in the main window, select Display the results, and go to
the most likely site.
To view a list of likely matches in the main window so that you can choose
which Web page to display, select Just display the results in the main
window.
To view only the most likely Web page, select Just go to the most likely
site.
To turn off searching from the Address bar, select Do not search from the
Address bar.
 Notes

When you search from the Address bar, Internet Explorer can automatically
display the Web page that most likely matches what you are searching for and
list other likely sites as well. Just type common names or words in the
Address bar, and then click Go.
No matter which option you choose, you can still search for Web sites by
clicking the Search button on the toolbar. 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:HkEGd.11134$wZ2.1302@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com,
Mr. Newt <lektrikpuke@_yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi y'all,
>
> I think a program I installed corrupted something in my webrowser
> (IE6xxx). I am lazy and will just type something in the address bar
> for my first search.  If the results are not useful, I'll go to
> google or something like that.  Now, I type something in the address
> bar and it gives me an error message (because it's trying to find a
> webpage instead of searching).  I've tried resetting everything in
> Tools, Advanced, but that did nothing.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robert
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