Richard Grieve Mac MVP
07-02-2003, 02:41 PM
slvrstar[at]mac.com (David Scott) wrote:
> The Problem;
> When I click on the search tab of my browser it attempts to open the
> MSN search site.and gives me the message below. When I click on the
> Customixe button I get a new window with the same message.
>
> The Question;
> How do I change search engines to say, Google, or some other engine?
> I do not want to use MSN Search.
> Thank you.
> ..............................................................................
> ....................
> MSN Search
>
> Sorry, the page cannot be found.
>
> Please try one of the following:
> * Check the Web address (URL) to make sure it is correct
> (capitalization and punctuation are important), and then click your
> browser's Refresh button.
> * Go to MSN Search home page.
> * Click your browser's Back button to return to the previous page.
> ©2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This is a known issue, that MSN page doesn't exist any more, hence the
error. Not the ideal fix, but you could try this info...
http://www.visakopu.net/ie5google/
I gave it a whirl in OS X and it fixes the Address bar autosearch, but
on the Search tab. This means you can, for example, type "? apple" in
the Address bar (without quotes) and it will search for things to do
with our fruity friends, whereas the Search tab will remain rooted to
the defunct MSN search page. The fix quoted for IE on Classic OS is far
more complete, it actually fixes the Search tab too.
My suggestion is to bookmark Google (or AllTheWeb.com in my case) in the
Favorites bar and use that instead!
HTH,
Ricky
> The Problem;
> When I click on the search tab of my browser it attempts to open the
> MSN search site.and gives me the message below. When I click on the
> Customixe button I get a new window with the same message.
>
> The Question;
> How do I change search engines to say, Google, or some other engine?
> I do not want to use MSN Search.
> Thank you.
> ..............................................................................
> ....................
> MSN Search
>
> Sorry, the page cannot be found.
>
> Please try one of the following:
> * Check the Web address (URL) to make sure it is correct
> (capitalization and punctuation are important), and then click your
> browser's Refresh button.
> * Go to MSN Search home page.
> * Click your browser's Back button to return to the previous page.
> ©2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This is a known issue, that MSN page doesn't exist any more, hence the
error. Not the ideal fix, but you could try this info...
http://www.visakopu.net/ie5google/
I gave it a whirl in OS X and it fixes the Address bar autosearch, but
on the Search tab. This means you can, for example, type "? apple" in
the Address bar (without quotes) and it will search for things to do
with our fruity friends, whereas the Search tab will remain rooted to
the defunct MSN search page. The fix quoted for IE on Classic OS is far
more complete, it actually fixes the Search tab too.
My suggestion is to bookmark Google (or AllTheWeb.com in my case) in the
Favorites bar and use that instead!
HTH,
Ricky