All URLS must be fully qualified with the Http:// or Https/ ? Why

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Bonnie

Any clues what I need to fix it so I don't have to type
the HttP:// or HTTPS:// and can just type www ? It used
to work so I could just type www....now it does not. No
clue as to why.
 
Bonnie said:
Any clues what I need to fix it so I don't have to type
the HttP:// or HTTPS:// and can just type www ? It used
to work so I could just type www....now it does not. No
clue as to why.
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Go back to that same configuration screen where you add sites to the
Trusted Sites security zone. Now look at the bottom of that dialog
window. Notice an option down there, like "Require server ..."? Guess
what happens when you UNCHECK that option? If disabled then you do not
need to include "https://" at the start of the URL.
 
Hello Bonnie -

Do you mean that you need to type the Http:// Https:// into the address bar
to search from there? If so, then try this:

Enter url whatever it is.com >hit ctrl-enter> address is appended with the
http:// "automatically" (so to speak)
OR:
Check the registry for these entries:

Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start> Run>(type the word) "regedit" (without quotes)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

Remember to BACK-UP the Registry first, and Always Export the key before
doing any editing.

OR:
Just in case the reason for the mess-up is due to an "outside" influence,
you'd better check for Spyware as well.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

Registry Fix (for XP)
RepairDefaultPrefix.reg [right-click and select: Save As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairDefaultPrefix.reg
Repairs the corrupted or altered (spyware) HTTP prefixes
Note: HijackThis can also repair the DefaultPrefix entry [more info]

To "install" - Right-Click and merge into registry.

A nice tool for seeing what is contained in any Registry fix before actually
changing the Registry is from this site (from the Jim Eshelman Aumha/WSC web
site):
http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm

<paste>
Change Default Action of REG Files to "Edit.
http://aumha.org/downloads/editreg.zip

(Works in Windows XP also. However, if you have any problems in XP after you
apply it, use the EditRegXP patch instead.) DOWNLOAD THIS ONE FIRST. (It's
also included with each of the others below, along with extra
instructions.) I recommend you change the default action of Registry files
to Edit rather than Merge, so that when you click them they will open in
Notepad instead of merging immediately into your Registry. This protects you
better. To merge them, right click on the REG file and select Merge from the
context menu. Several Microsoft MVPs were sitting around discussing this,
and Frank Saunders threw this simple beauty together. If you want to undo
EditReg or EditRegXP, use UnEditReg.
http://aumha.org/downloads/uneditreg.zip
</paste>

HTH -
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