RE: Search Options from Search Explorer Bar in IE6 Missing on Win2K

Galen, please this.

First of all BETA's should be tested in seperate partitions from your own
boot OS (IE; so when you update your Boot operating system (Win2K SP4
patched, IE 6.0.2800.1106 patched) with IE6 files it doesn't replace your IE7
beta files).


#2 IE7 beta has it's own forums to address your issues and comments. When
you installed IE7 there should have been a shortcut to the forum and support
from the browsers favorites menu or in the system IE folder.

more info here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx
comments go here
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&cat=en_us_28cca3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420&lang=en&cr=us


BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY!!

" > (Galen) Is there a way to restore the program associated with the
Search Bar
back to the way it was (and should be) when IE6 was first installed?
(Win2K SP4 patched, IE 6.0.2800.1106 patched)"

1.Yes there is. get rid of your IE7 beta.
2."Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview will only run on Windows® XP Service
Pack 2 (SP2) systems" as it says right on the download page in bold letters.
2.Roll Back to IE6 or uninstall IE7
3.a/Try to register the search assistant with
Start>run , type:
regsvr32 %windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll
and go.
or
b/find the search assistant file "srchui.dll" in your system and double
click it to install the driver in the registry.

Good Luck.

Brandon 'dub'
self annointed computer user



"Galen W. Sievert, PC, MS Ed." wrote:

Hi,
I am no longer getting any search options -- Dictionary, Encyclopedia,
etc. -- nor am I able to customize the search options on the Search Bar.
Also, now when I close the Search Bar to maximize the IE window and then
click on the Search button on the Standard toolbar to re-open the Search
Bar, all of the previous search results are gone! I must re-enter the search
criteria again!!



This did not happen before -- I was able to re-open the
Search Bar to continue to search the previously listed Web pages (If the
IE/Web page was left open). From what I have read on the IE-general NG, I
believe that the IE7 bogus beta vomit version of the search program has
hijacked and crippled the search engine program of IE6. (A result of using
automatic updates?)




Galen





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