"http" problem, please help

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Rich

Recently my internet explorer seems to have messed up. I
used to be able to go to a website by typing in "www...."
Now, I got a site not found message, with suggestions
for similar sites, which are usually the site I wanted to
go to. It seems that the only way I can go to a site is
if I type in "http://" followed by the site. I've
compared my desktop's internet settings to my laptop's,
they're the same. I also tried reloading my OS. Can
anyone help?
 
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| Recently my internet explorer seems to have messed up. I
| used to be able to go to a website by typing in "www...."
| Now, I got a site not found message, with suggestions
| for similar sites, which are usually the site I wanted to
| go to. It seems that the only way I can go to a site is
| if I type in "http://" followed by the site. I've
| compared my desktop's internet settings to my laptop's,
| they're the same. I also tried reloading my OS. Can
| anyone help?
 
Rich said:
Recently my internet explorer seems to have messed up. I
used to be able to go to a website by typing in "www...."
Now, I got a site not found message, with suggestions
for similar sites, which are usually the site I wanted to
go to. It seems that the only way I can go to a site is
if I type in "http://" followed by the site. I've
compared my desktop's internet settings to my laptop's,
they're the same. I also tried reloading my OS. Can
anyone help?
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From a post by Mike Burgess.

Verify the following entries are correct in the Registry:

[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://"
 
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