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how do i stop autosearch?

hacksaw-eddie · 2004-01-17 11:21:50

hey, ive got win xp pro, and a few wks ago an annoying thing occured every time i enter a web address wrong or even sometimes when i ckick on a valid link whilst in google, the lycos search page opens up! this is really p***ing me off..i dont want any autosearch how do i stop this and how do i stop sites like lycos…

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17-01-2004 12:21pm

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hacksaw-eddie

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hey,
ive got win xp pro, and a few wks ago an annoying thing occured
every time i enter a web address wrong or even sometimes when i ckick on a valid link whilst in google, the lycos search page opens up!
this is really p***ing me off..i dont want any autosearch
how do i stop this and how do i stop sites like lycos automatically setting themselves upon my computer?
is a firewall the only method?
cheers
¬hacksaw

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#2 17-01-2004 2:00pm
joePC

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On IE setect tools --> internet options

Click the advanced tab, go down to

"searching from the address bar" and select

"Do not search from the address bar"

This should fix it...

Thanks joePC...

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#3 17-01-2004 2:03pm
hacksaw-eddie

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thats the weird thing, that has been disabled since i first installed win xp!
dunno why its still happening!?

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