Cannot bring up any search engines

[Lisa]

Hi, before I erase my hard drive, because I've been trying
for days to fix this problem and I can't, I was wondering
if someone might know why I cannot access google,
altavista, msn search......any of the search engines.
Everytime I type something into a search engine this is
one of the error messages: The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had
its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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Please try the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make
sure that it is spelled correctly.

Open the www.altavista.com home page, and then look for
links to the information you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.



This goes for any search engine, not just altavista. When
I do click on the home page, A green webpage comes up with
the message "there is no website configured at this
address" and the page is called Cpanel. I went into
internet options, and configured it to accept all the
cookies for these searches, but that hasn't worked. I've
never had this happen before and if anyone has any idea
why it's happening I would really appreciate some help.
Thank you

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Lisa" > wrote in message

> Hi, before I erase my hard drive, because I've been trying
> for days to fix this problem and I can't, I was wondering
> if someone might know why I cannot access google,
> altavista, msn search......any of the search engines.
> Everytime I type something into a search engine this is
> one of the error messages: The page cannot be found
> The page you are looking for might have been removed, had
> its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------
>
> Please try the following:
>
> If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make
> sure that it is spelled correctly.
>
> Open the www.altavista.com home page, and then look for
> links to the information you want.
> Click the Back button to try another link.
> Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
>
>
>
> This goes for any search engine, not just altavista. When
> I do click on the home page, A green webpage comes up with
> the message "there is no website configured at this
> address" and the page is called Cpanel. I went into
> internet options, and configured it to accept all the
> cookies for these searches, but that hasn't worked. I've
> never had this happen before and if anyone has any idea
> why it's happening I would really appreciate some help.
> Thank you

First eliminate any scumware.
See
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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http://www.fjsmjs.com

[lisa]

>-----Original Message-----
>"Lisa" > wrote in message

>> Hi, before I erase my hard drive, because I've been
trying
>> for days to fix this problem and I can't, I was
wondering
>> if someone might know why I cannot access google,
>> altavista, msn search......any of the search engines.
>> Everytime I type something into a search engine this is
>> one of the error messages: The page cannot be found
>> The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had
>> its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
---
>> ---------------------
>>
>> Please try the following:
>>
>> If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make
>> sure that it is spelled correctly.
>>
>> Open the www.altavista.com home page, and then look for
>> links to the information you want.
>> Click the Back button to try another link.
>> Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
>>
>>
>>
>> This goes for any search engine, not just altavista.
When
>> I do click on the home page, A green webpage comes up
with
>> the message "there is no website configured at this
>> address" and the page is called Cpanel. I went into
>> internet options, and configured it to accept all the
>> cookies for these searches, but that hasn't worked.
I've
>> never had this happen before and if anyone has any idea
>> why it's happening I would really appreciate some help.
>> Thank you
>
>First eliminate any scumware.
>See
>Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and
Search Engines
>http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>
>.
>I use spysweeper on a regular basis but I can't look up
the website you posted because the search engines aren't
working. I also run a antivirus test every day.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"lisa" > wrote in message

>> -----Original Message-----
>> "Lisa" > wrote in message
>>
>>> Hi, before I erase my hard drive, because I've been trying
>>> for days to fix this problem and I can't, I was wondering
>>> if someone might know why I cannot access google,
>>> altavista, msn search......any of the search engines.
>>> Everytime I type something into a search engine this is
>>> one of the error messages: The page cannot be found
>>> The page you are looking for might have been removed, had
>>> its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------- ---
>>>
>>> Please try the following:
>>>
>>> If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make
>>> sure that it is spelled correctly.
>>>
>>> Open the www.altavista.com home page, and then look for
>>> links to the information you want.
>>> Click the Back button to try another link.
>>> Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
>>>
>>> This goes for any search engine, not just altavista. When
>>> I do click on the home page, A green webpage comes up with
>>> the message "there is no website configured at this
>>> address" and the page is called Cpanel. I went into
>>> internet options, and configured it to accept all the
>>> cookies for these searches, but that hasn't worked. I've
>>> never had this happen before and if anyone has any idea
>>> why it's happening I would really appreciate some help.
>>> Thank you
>>
>> First eliminate any scumware.
>> See
>> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>>
>> I use spysweeper on a regular basis but I can't look up
> the website you posted because the search engines aren't
> working. I also run a antivirus test every day.

You don't need a search engine. Just click the link.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com