Re: browser search missing

From: Mr. Newt (lektrikpuke_at__yahoo.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:46:42 GMT

Wes,

Thanks again for the response. Did that and didn't work. Have tried many
different things including sfc and reinstalling IE. None worked. I finally
did a web search (using google) and found this page
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
The reg fix worked.

Robert

"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ul8Ywfc$EHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Robert,
>
> Try this...
>
> To reset Internet Explorer settings
> If you installed another Web browser after installing Internet
> Explorer and Internet Tools, some of your Internet Explorer settings
> may have changed. You can reset your Internet Explorer settings to
> their original defaults, including your home page and search pages,
> and choice of default browser, without changing your other browser's
> settings.
> 1.. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
> 2.. Click the Programs tab.
> 3.. Click the Reset Web Settings button.
>
> Web Settings button
> [[Click this to reset the default Internet Explorer settings for your home
> and search pages, and prompt to make Internet Explorer your default
> browser.
> Note: This only resets these settings if you have installed another Web
> browser after installing Internet Explorer and Internet Tools, and that
> browser has changed the default settings.]]
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:4gFGd.12372$5R.10279@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com,
> Mr. Newt <lektrikpuke@_yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Wes,
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I tried all that
>> (meaning "just display results in main window" & "display most
>> likely") before coming here, and it is of no use. The program I
>> installed had a browser buddy (I don't remember what it called
>> itself). It wanted to help me with all kinds of stuff, which I
>> turned off, then decided to completely uninstall. After that, no
>> search, nada.
>>
>> Any other ideas? I guess I could uninstall IE and then reinstall,
>> but I'm trying to avoid that.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OqavgLD$EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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
>