willythecat

Thanks Wolfeymole/RandyL, I've fixed it, but not in the way l wanted to! Did a restore from a couple of days ago, and all is now fine. Been running spyware/virus checks all this time, hence the delay in replying, and there were no errors. So, whilst all is now ok, doesn't really explain what happened before. I'll leave well alone for now and see how it goes. Thanks again for your advice. regards

Hi RandyL, Have done exactly what you said, again, as l have already tried this. (google was the only search default listed by the way) It all works fine until l come out of IE7. When l log back in, it reverts back to this other url. Weird, and highly annoying!

Hi Wolfeymole, From tools/internet options/change search settings, my setting just shows google as the default. From change settings/options/more, the set and keep search settings to google box is ticked. As before, the google search box is no problem, it's the IE7 search box (if that's the correct phrase) that's the problem. Can't see any other places where it can be changed? Regards

Hi everyone, [Windows XP, SP3, IE7] I use IE7 and logon with my ISP set as my homepage. Up comes the homepage screen with the google toolbar above. The top line displays the http address and to the right, the search box with 'google' in feint grey lettering. The google search box on the left of the toolbar works as it should work. Everything is as it should be but now, whenever l type anything into that top right hand box, it uses www.url-search.com and not google. Clicking the search options next to that box shows google as the default, so l clicked on find more providers which takes you to microsofts IE page. Installed google again, pasting the url in as it says, and everything works fine for that session until l log out and log in again. What's changing it from google to this other browser. It's probably and hopefully something so simple, but it's driving me mad. Many thanks