Forced to type http://

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Mark

I have a client that cannot get to web pages without
typing the http:// first. If he types www.yahoo.com, for
instance, the browser just spins. But if he adds http://
to the front of it, it works fine.

Any suggestions?

Mark
 
Hi,

You may need to enable autocomplete.

More information is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie6/inline.aspx

If this works for you, please post back! :-)

Regards,

Altrus


message : I have a client that cannot get to web pages without
: typing the http:// first. If he types www.yahoo.com, for
: instance, the browser just spins. But if he adds http://
: to the front of it, it works fine.
:
: Any suggestions?
:
: Mark
 
Hi Mark :-)
I have a client that cannot get to web pages without
typing the http:// first. If he types www.yahoo.com, for
instance, the browser just spins. But if he adds http://
to the front of it, it works fine.

Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

Try the following and see if it helps:

You can also check these keys and edit them, if necessary, as follows:

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\
DefaultPrefix default="http://"

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

or.............................

Restrore Search:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
This will restore your default Search functionality. You will, however,
have to restore any custom setups you may have had before.

Download the fix - Reset Search:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

This will restore your default Search functionality. However, if you had
any custom adjustments you have made will have to re-select them.


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.


Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Thanks for replying!

Also thanks to Oops! for the patch link :-)

Altrus

message : No. It did not work. I also tried the solution from
: http://www.kellys-korner-
: xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG and that did not work
: either.
:
: >-----Original Message-----
: >Hi,
: >
: > You may need to enable autocomplete.
: >
: >More information is available here:
: >
: >http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie6/inline.aspx
: >
: >If this works for you, please post back! :-)
: >
: >Regards,
: >
: >Altrus
: >
: >
: >message : >: I have a client that cannot get to web pages without
: >: typing the http:// first. If he types www.yahoo.com,
: for
: >: instance, the browser just spins. But if he adds
: http://
: >: to the front of it, it works fine.
: >:
: >: Any suggestions?
: >:
: >: Mark
: >
: >
: >.
: >
 
Hi Jan - FYI, that patch is completely included in RestoreSearch2. Curious
that it apparently worked (see later in thread) when the RestoreSearch2 fix
apparently didn't. Maybe the second application? or ? Thoughts?
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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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Hi Jim :-)
Hi Jan - FYI, that patch is completely included in RestoreSearch2.
Curious that it apparently worked (see later in thread) when the
RestoreSearch2 fix apparently didn't. Maybe the second application?
or ? Thoughts?
Click to expand...

Perhaps it could have been a second application that caused it to resolve
the problem. However, I've not heard of it having to take 2 applications to
work properly before. Have you? :-)

Jan :)
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.
 
Nope. RS2 is usally a complete fix for that type of thing. ?

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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< Nope. RS2 is usally a complete fix for that type of thing. ?

Hmmm...my thoughts as well....never heard of it not working if the problem
was indeed related. Strange that it would not work with the first
application.

However, and perhaps I am wrong here, although Altrus thanked Oops! for the
link, they did not indicate that it had actually resolved their problem.
Mark, the original OP, stated that it did not. In fact, we don't know that,
although Altrus thanked Oops! for the link as a reference, as did I, that
they actually used it. According to the original OP it did not resolve their
problem, but, they have not responded further. Perhaps Altus never used the
process, as they did not at any point indicate they had a problem, or what
it was, only to ask the OP to post back if the information they provided
worked. Am I seeing this correctly, or am I missing something somewhere here
I'm overlooking? :-)

Jan :)
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Aw shucks - who knows - upward and onward to the next one. :)

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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