Re: Search from Address Bar Errors

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From: Hans Le Roy (hlrNO_at_SPAMmvps.org)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:18:02 +0100

Hi RJ,

Check the "Search from the address bar" options in IE, Tools, Internet
Options, Advanced.

Kind regards

Hans Le Roy
MS MVP Win/IE-OE

"RJ Boney" <rjboney@texoma.net> wrote in message
news:cv2lpa031d6@enews1.newsguy.com...
>
> when doing a Address Bar Search in IE6 running XP-Pro I get invalid syntex
> error - Microsoft Internet Explorer on header, address bar reads
> http:///?%20woodturning
> and body of message is as follows
>
> The page cannot be displayed
> The page you are looking for might have been removed or had its name
> changed.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Please try the following:
>
> a.. Open the home page, and then look for links to the information
> you want.
>
> b.. If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure
that
> it is spelled correctly.
>
> If you still cannot open the page, click the Internet Explorer
> Search button to look for similar sites.
>
>
>
>
> Internet Explorer
>
> I noticed that opening http://woodturning/... is what shows below when I
> first enter search.
>
> Searchs from search button or from yahoo toolbar works. this worked after
> Yahoo toolbar was installed. I suppect a spyware is to blame which has
been
> removed with Yahoo spyware tool. There for a period the Address Bar was
> trying to go to I believe SirSearch.
> Does anyone know of fix.
>
> Thanks RJ Boney
>
>

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