Scott -
Did you export the Registry key before .... ahem.... changing it. (Probably
not) If you did, Import the Key to restore things to what they were.
Other solutions:
Enter url whatever it is.com >hit ctrl-enter> address is appended with the
http:// "automatically" (so to speak)
Check the registry for these entries:
Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start> Run>(type the word) "regedit" (without quotes)
[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://"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""
Remember to always Export the key before doing any editing.
More:
From Mike Burgess Windows Help site:
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
RepairDefaultPrefix.reg [right-click and select: Save As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairDefaultPrefix.reg
Repairs the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
Note: HijackThis can also repair the DefaultPrefix entry [more info]
To "install" - Right-Click and merge into registry. A nice tool for seeing
what is contained in any Registry fix before actually changing the Registry
is from this site (from the Jim Eshelman Aumha/WSC web site):
http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm
<paste>
Change Default Action of REG Files to "Edit.
http://aumha.org/downloads/editreg.zip
" (Works in Windows XP also. However, if you have any problems in XP after
you apply it, use the EditRegXP patch instead.) DOWNLOAD THIS ONE FIRST. (It
's also included with each of the others below, along with extra
instructions.) I recommend you change the default action of Registry files
to Edit rather than Merge, so that when you click them they will open in
Notepad instead of merging immediately into your Registry. This protects you
better. To merge them, right click on the REG file and select Merge from the
context menu. Several Microsoft MVPs were sitting around discussing this,
and Frank Saunders threw this simple beauty together. If you want to undo
EditReg or EditRegXP, use UnEditReg.
http://aumha.org/downloads/uneditreg.zip
</paste>
Just in case the reason for the mess-up is due to an "outside" influence,
you'd better check for Spyware as well.
--
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