Can't search from address bar I thought I was unable to search w/ google from my address bar but I am unable to search with any search engine. I have changed "Custom Search Settings from "Companion and have tried different Search Engines under "AutoSearch" but no go. Anytime I type a word in the address bar it adds a "www" & a ".com" at the end and sends me to that site. I originally thought it was only happening w/ Google, but it's all Search Engines. Any ideas?

click tools/internet options/advanced/ half way down look for search from address bar choose "just display the results in main window" when u put keyword in then it will bring up list of sites. Hope this helps

this the reg file i use to search from my address bar just save to notepad put the reg ext on it hope it works for you it does for me ----------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl] "provider"="gogl" @="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "AutoSearch"=dword:00000004 ----------------

Thanks, I tried those changes...no help. I have also noticed that I am nt downloading all the graphics from Yahoo & Hotmail.

Also, I can't see all of the graphics or advertisements on Yahoo or Hotmail but I can on other websites.

Found the problem I found the "Host" file, renamed it and all is well. Still not sure how the file got there or got changed. See below. ============================================ Some of this could be due to your having a hosts file preventing you from downloading certain ads. The Action Cancelled and page cannot be displayed where ads might be is one of the results of that. Look in system32\drivers\etc fot a file named HOSTS No extension. Read here about HOSTS: http://accs-net.com/hosts/ ============================================