Re: Search has changed

Hi Anna :-)

Can you find the last update installed and uninstall it through the
Add/Remove Programs? You can check the update History on the update website
and perhaps see which ones were last installed, then check and see if they
are in the list in Add/Remove Programs and uninstall them.

However, if a system restore did not resolve the problem, you will need to
backup all your research and other data and do a repair/reinstall of your
IE. Be aware, doing a repair will not remove any scumware that is on your
hard drive. Thus, it the repair does not resolve the problem, then you have
some type of malware at work that needs to be removed in order to resolve
the problem. Also, there are variations of some types of malware that can
replicate itself repeatedly if not removed properly. If you have not yet
run the detection and removal tools that I have already provided according
to the instructions, then you should do so before trying the repair to make
sure that your system is fully clean.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE [DTS/AumHa]
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I've already tried restore. No go, it is still the same. This computer
is
fairly new and I have hours of family research on it. I am not willing to
take the chance of losing all of that.
I am really ticked at what ever Microsoft slipped in on their updates. I
am
fairly certain that Norton's update would not mess with my search fields
in
IE.
I to have installed google although I dislike it.

"Jan Il" <abuseSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Anna :-)

Try disabling anything Norton and see if that helps. If not, try doing a
system restore to a date and time prior to the problem starting. And in
the old one if you have SR on it too.


Hope this helps.

Jan :)
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I done all that has been suggested and still has not fixed the problem.
So I started my old computer to check the settings on it. It has changed
also. I rarely use the old computer, but try to start it once a week or
so to make sure that the virus and windows software is up to date. Well
low and behold the search pane has changed in it also. I have not surfed
the web with it in a very long time.
So at this point I am assuming that either windows or norton auto
updates are the problem. But I don't know how to find what happened.


"Anna Carter" <acarter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have IE 6 sp2 running on winxp. I use the search button always when I
search. I like the fact that it opens on the left of the screen so I
can try each link in the main window with out hitting the back button.
Something changed the search feature. Now when I click on it, it opens
the search panel, but the whole panel has changed, the next thing is
greyed out. When I click on customize, I have tried all three options
and nothing ever changes in the main search panel. I know I am not
explaining this very well, but I hope some one knows what I am talking
about. I don't like the search assistant thing. I like to start with
one search engine, then click next to cycle thru all of the search
engines. How can I change this back?
I am not aware of any down loads that would have caused this change. I
did go to the windows update yesterday, but other than that, I haven't
downloaded anything..
Thanks for your help.









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