No auto search in address bar

[E. Brent Price]

After I removed 180 Search Assistant with Noadware I still don't have auto
search in my address bar. It goes to 'The page cannot be displayed."

I can still type in 'sitename.com' and get auto http and www and all that.
Ideas?

E. Brent Price

 

[Jan Il]

Hi E. Brent Price

Try the following and see if it helps:

Autosearch has stopped working.
Go to tools>internet options>advanced and scroll down to the "Search from
the address bar" section. Choose your preferred option.

also......

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run the
program below. You will have to redo any customized features you may have
added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

or……

Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:

This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of Search related
registry entries.

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg (save as 'all files',
and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the contents of
Search.reg to the Registry:

REGEDIT4 (Watch for the line wrap. Each one should be all on on line.)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
htm"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=ies
earch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix] @="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]"
ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://


Hope this helps

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE/OE
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[E. Brent Price]

Hi E. Brent Price

Try the following and see if it helps:

Autosearch has stopped working.
Go to tools>internet options>advanced and scroll down to the "Search from
the address bar" section. Choose your preferred option.

also......

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run the
program below. You will have to redo any customized features you may have
added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

Two steps and I'm done! Yeah! Thank you. I offer you my first born son.
You should know he's 31.

E. Brent Price

 

[Jan Il]

Hi E. Brent Price

Two steps and I'm done! Yeah! Thank you. I offer you my first born son.
You should know he's 31.

E. Brent Price

Lol!! You're very welcome! Glad to hear you were able to resolve your
problem.
Good job!

Thank you for posting back and letting us know what worked for you, and for
the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

 

[Guest]

I want to thank you both for this series of postings. I have been struggling
with this problem for a few weeks now and I couldn't find anything relevant
in the Microsoft KB that would help me. I will try this on my computer later
tonight and keep my fingers crossed!

PaintGregg

 

[Jan Il]

Hi PaintGregg

You're very welcome! Please post back and let up know the results.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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that's why they're so contagious.

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[Guest]

Well, as it turns out I must have had bigger problems or something. It
didn't fix the problem. The only thing I found that would do the trick was
reinstalling the OS.

Thanks again anyway Jan. ;-)

 

[Jan Il]

Hi PaintGregg

Well, as it turns out I must have had bigger problems or something. It
didn't fix the problem. The only thing I found that would do the trick
was
reinstalling the OS.

Thanks again anyway Jan. ;-)

You're very welcome! I'm glad to hear you were able to resolve your
problem.
Good job!

Thank you for posting back and letting us know what worked for you, and for
the benefit of other readers who might have a similar problem.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.