Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Search Toolbar

Jul 12, 2004 9:19AM PDT

Hi there - I have tried to customize my search toolbar and only MSN comes up as my search assistant. I would like to have the choice of switching between msn and google. How would I go about ensuring that google would be added as an option. I am running windows xp. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
Re: Search Toolbar
Jul 13, 2004 12:10AM PDT

1. By default, Internet Explorer for WinXP uses the "Search Companion" feature that displays your search results in the main Internet Explorer window and you can become more familiar with this feature by reading "Find Stuff Fast with Search." Otherwise, use the IE5.0 "Classic Internet Search."

2. In Internet Explorer, you may see only a limited number of Web search engine selections which can occur if a language other than U.S. English (en-us) is listed first in the Languages settings Properties. This causes the search assistant to return search engines that are compatible with the browser's default language setting, [Q224323].

3. When you click Search in Internet Explorer, a different Web site may be displayed in the browser window instead of the expected Search page and can occur if the registry entries for the default Search page have been modified. To resolve this issue, remove the registry entries, [Q323869].

4. If you install the preview edition of Morpheus version 1.3.3.1, you may receive the following error message which is most likely to occur when you click a link in an e-mail message or when you paste a URL in to the Address bar, [Q321923]:

Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience

5. "Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software (Q827315)."

- Collapse -
Re: Search Toolbar
Jul 13, 2004 4:13AM PDT

Thank you cursorcowboy. In scanning over the abovementioned links, I believe I should be able to resolve my problem. Appreciate the ongoing help that CNET provides and the support of individuals like you. Take care.