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IE6 and Search engine troubles

Discussion in 'Earlier Versions of Windows' started by sweetcheekies, Dec 13, 2001.

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  1. sweetcheekies

    sweetcheekies Thread Starter

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    Okay i am back yet again with the same problem only this time i cant get it to fix like last time. I can only access my search engine if i choose use only one search engine. I go to customize and its shows at ton are checked when i choose search assistant..but when i click on the search button i get "this page cannot be found" message where the search stuff usually is.. i can still customize and stuff but not get the search assistant working

    any ideas?
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  4. sweetcheekies

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    Okay that didnt work at all.. it made things worse i couldnt do anything.. ughhhhh i can get it so if i click on choosing a specific search engine it will work but when i choose Search Assistant i get "cannot find page " message in where the search thing is suppose to show up anyone with any idea??????? please??

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  5. sweetcheekies

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    Can anyone help me? I need some help on this one I hate having to use just the one search engine..

    refer to earlier message if you dont know what i am talking about thanks..
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  6. Dark Star

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    sweetcheekies,

    If you MUST use IE6.0 and it appears that you are then you can always place the URLs to any and all other search engines you want to use into your Favorites folder and access them from there.

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  7. sweetcheekies

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    that is a royal pain lol but thanks for the thought.. i am just use to the usual way i guess
     
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    I know it is but it will get you to the desired search engine.

    as for a royal pain............Did you have these probs. with IE5.5?

    DS
     
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    nope didnt have these probs with 5.5 only when i upgraded to 6.....

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    See I need the multiple search engine feature so my 11 year old can find things on the puter without having to get into alot of my puter and messing things up lol

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    Okay, so the next question logically is why do you feel you have to have IE6.0?

    What are you getting out of IE6.0 that you just have to have?

    DS
     
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    dont know wanted to try it out.. alot of people have been saying its better than 5.5 now the prob is how can i totally remove IE 6? u cant do it by going to control panel / add/remove then removing it cause all that does is fix the dang thing..

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  13. Dark Star

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    Sorry it took a while to get back here........

    Yes, I know uninstalling IE6.0 is not made easy by MS.....why I know not . That is why it is best to look before you leap.

    I came up with this link for the time being and I'll look for the specific how to and get back her with the info.

    Keep you busy for a while tho look in here......

    http://www.smartcomputing.com/edito...uninstall+IE6.0&searchtype=0&cmdButton=Search

    edit: http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56699&highlight=uninstall+IE6.0

    I don't know if that covers IE6.0 uninstall but look there as well it was all the Search here turned up on the topic

    DS
     
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  14. eddie5659

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    Hiya

    You may want to try this for uninstalling IE6.

    Go to the Control Panel | AddRemove. Put a tick in "restore to previous windows configuration", then a tick in Add A component, instead of Repair. Follow the prompts and select Internet Explorer. Ignore the warning and reinstall it anyway.

    With the Search part, are you getting any search engines to work? What I mean is, if you click the button, you say you get Page Cannot be Found. Your Search Engine name may be wrong.

    You may also want to have a look at this:

    http://forums.techguy.org/showthread.php?threadid=56650&pagenumber=1

    Not really the same issue, but it talks about the Search facilty. One bit in particular, but we may need people more advanced in the registry to find it, is this:

    Now, you may have 0 set somewhere. Mine must be set to 1. What this means is, if you have Do Not Search, it won't search.

    But, if you try the uninstall back to IE5.5, and see if it works again, we may not have to try all that blurb above :p

    Regards

    eddie
     
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  15. sweetcheekies

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    Okay that wont work cause if u go to my UHOH post u will find out i messed things up royally lol

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