Address bar / Internet Explorer

[Hendrik]

This is an odd one. Only started happening in the last
day.

I usually get to websites by entering part of the address
such as www.cnn.com and hit enter or go. Windows has been
smart enough to know it should be http://www.cnn.com and
instantly take me there.

Now unless I type the whole address including the http://
prefix it takes about 3 minutes before it will jump to the
page.

It does this from both the address bar on the panel, as
well as in an open browser window.

I have not added any software in the time that it started
misbehaving

Any ideas? Can't seem to find anything in the
knowledgebase.

Thanks
Hendrik

 

[PA Bear]

Start here: http://mvps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=20827#20827
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[Kelly]

Check your settings here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes

In the right pane, click New/String Value and name it www

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate