Help Please! Search Engine

[T]

Hi all,

I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:

All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try to
do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to that.
Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.

Thanks in advance.

Tom

[Dr Robin Bignall]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>
>All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
>all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try to
>do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to that.
>Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
>rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>
Try entering

www.google.com

in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.

--

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Remote Hertfordshire
England

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

[Dr Robin Bignall]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>
>All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
>all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try to
>do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to that.
>Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
>rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>
Try entering

www.google.com

in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.

--

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Remote Hertfordshire
England

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

[T]

"Dr Robin Bignall" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
> >
> >All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
> >all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
to
> >do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
that.
> >Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
> >rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
> >
> Try entering
>
> www.google.com
>
> in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
> you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.
>
> --
>
> wrmst rgrds
> Robin Bignall
>
> Remote Hertfordshire
> England
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

Thank you, your advice is appreciated, that did work. It is a shame that
somehow my drive was invaded that way, but I will pursue this with IE and in
the meantime use my favorites to search through google.

Have a great day,

Tom

[T]

"Dr Robin Bignall" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
> >
> >All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
> >all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
to
> >do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
that.
> >Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
> >rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
> >
> Try entering
>
> www.google.com
>
> in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
> you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.
>
> --
>
> wrmst rgrds
> Robin Bignall
>
> Remote Hertfordshire
> England
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

Thank you, your advice is appreciated, that did work. It is a shame that
somehow my drive was invaded that way, but I will pursue this with IE and in
the meantime use my favorites to search through google.

Have a great day,

Tom

[Dr Robin Bignall]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:34:31 -0400, "T" > wrote:

>
>"Dr Robin Bignall" > wrote in message
...
>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:
>>
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> >I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>> >
>> >All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
>> >all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
>to
>> >do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
>that.
>> >Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
>> >rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>> >
>> Try entering
>>
>> www.google.com
>>
>> in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
>> you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.
>>
>> --
>>
>> wrmst rgrds
>> Robin Bignall
>>
>> Remote Hertfordshire
>> England
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm
>
>Thank you, your advice is appreciated, that did work. It is a shame that
>somehow my drive was invaded that way, but I will pursue this with IE and in
>the meantime use my favorites to search through google.
>
>Have a great day,
>
Thank you, Tom. It's 11.23 here so my day is almost over, and it'll soon be
tomorrow! Glad to have helped.

--

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Remote Hertfordshire
England

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

[Dr Robin Bignall]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:34:31 -0400, "T" > wrote:

>
>"Dr Robin Bignall" > wrote in message
...
>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:44:25 -0400, "T" > wrote:
>>
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> >I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>> >
>> >All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
>> >all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
>to
>> >do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
>that.
>> >Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
>> >rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>> >
>> Try entering
>>
>> www.google.com
>>
>> in the address line in IE 6, (or double-clicking on it above) and see if
>> you connect properly. If you do, save it in 'favourites'.
>>
>> --
>>
>> wrmst rgrds
>> Robin Bignall
>>
>> Remote Hertfordshire
>> England
>>
>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm
>
>Thank you, your advice is appreciated, that did work. It is a shame that
>somehow my drive was invaded that way, but I will pursue this with IE and in
>the meantime use my favorites to search through google.
>
>Have a great day,
>
Thank you, Tom. It's 11.23 here so my day is almost over, and it'll soon be
tomorrow! Glad to have helped.

--

wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Remote Hertfordshire
England

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll down to Search Engine -
Change to Google for an automated and manual fix for this. If the default
search engine keeps being hijacked, then you'll want to download and install
AdAware or SpyBot Search and Destroy to look for, and remove, various types
of "spyware".

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
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"T" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>
> All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
> all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
> to
> do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
> that.
> Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
> rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom
>
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm and scroll down to Search Engine -
Change to Google for an automated and manual fix for this. If the default
search engine keeps being hijacked, then you'll want to download and install
AdAware or SpyBot Search and Destroy to look for, and remove, various types
of "spyware".

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Associate Expert
ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
--------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"T" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I am very frustrated here. Can anyone please help me with the following:
>
> All of a sudden, today, when I attempted to use my default search engine,
> all I get is a search engine called Search Results, no matter what I try
> to
> do to go back to Google, there is no way it will work, keeps going to
> that.
> Must have picked it up from doing some surfing on the web. How can I get
> rid of it? I am not being allowed to change the preferences in any way.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Tom
>
>