Then proceeds to have a huge list of crap I don’t want. I know where I am going, I am not a stupid user…I wanna bitch about it but wont because this is GQ but know this irritates me beyond belief.
I am guessing this is a Microsoft place as it used to pull up something different that would start at msn then go to the search.
The thing is, no matter what I do, I can’t turn it off to stop with the searching. I want a 404 page, not a search result.
I want control over my IE, not my IE to control my system.
Any help on stopping this annoying so-called feature?
Go to Tools|Internet Options, click the Advanced tab, and scroll down until you see a little blue-and-red magnifying glass. Select the option Do not search from the Address bar. Click Apply and OK.
Display results, and go to the most likely site
Do not search from the Address bar
Just display the results in the main window
Just go to the most likely site
Yes, it is strange. I tried it again to make sure I wasn’t being stupid even though I know I have done it before. I rebooted my machine and sure 'nuff, it defaults to no buttons at all checked.
It’s Plain Jane IE 6.0.2800.1106.
I am pretty computer savy since I used to work on them for a living but these days, not so. But this is just bugging me.
It looks like that setting is governed by some registry entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\SEARCHING. You might want to compare these values with a working machine and see if any are different.
k2dave Yes, oddly enough I would rather get a 404 page than a search engine finding the site I know exists but for some reason the site is down. This bugs me to no end because sometimes you can simply do a refresh and the page will reload. I don’t want the search, I know the site there, it’s just having problems. It’s just annoying, I am very particular when my system tries to tell my I am an idiot and my browser can’t find the page I know exists but is on the fritz
Number Unfortunately, most of the people I know have Win98, Win ME or Win XP. So in order for me to do that, I need someone to post their values to I can compare mine to my Win 2000 I hate messing with the registry, I have done it hundreds of times in the past but always with serious trepidation. I want to know that they have the same OS I have, if that makes any sense.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\SEARCHING\AUTOSEARCH\DISPLAY_AND_GO]
“RegPath”=“SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main”
“Text”=“Display results, and go to the most likely site”
“PlugUIText”="@inetcplc.dll,-4845"
“Type”=“radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000006
“ValueName”=“AutoSearch”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000005
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=“iexplore.hlp#50570”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\SEARCHING\AUTOSEARCH\JUST_DISPLAY]
“RegPath”=“SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main”
“Text”=“Just display the results in the main window”
“PlugUIText”="@inetcplc.dll,-4847"
“Type”=“radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000004
“ValueName”=“AutoSearch”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000005
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=“iexplore.hlp#50573”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\SEARCHING\AUTOSEARCH\JUST_GO]
“RegPath”=“SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main”
“Text”=“Just go to the most likely site”
“PlugUIText”="@inetcplc.dll,-4846"
“Type”=“radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000005
“ValueName”=“AutoSearch”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000005
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=“iexplore.hlp#50571”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\SEARCHING\AUTOSEARCH\NO_SEARCH]
“RegPath”=“SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main”
“Text”=“Do not search from the address bar”
“PlugUIText”="@inetcplc.dll,-4848"
“Type”=“radio”
“CheckedValue”=dword:00000000
“ValueName”=“AutoSearch”
“DefaultValue”=dword:00000005
“HKeyRoot”=dword:80000001
“HelpID”=“iexplore.hlp#50572”