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January 1, 2006
Disable Search Companion in Windows XP
You can disable the miserable little Search Companion by following these directions.
To Change to Classic Search for the Internet Through the Registry Key
1. Close Internet Explorer (all instances).
2. Open Registry Editor by clicking Start, clicking Run, and then typing regedit.
Caution Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on the computer. You can also use the Last Known Good Configuration startup option if you encounter problems after manual changes have been applied.
3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Look for an entry called Use Search Asst. If it exists, skip to step 7.
5. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String value.
6. Type Use Search Asst as the name for the new value (the type is REG_SZ), and then press ENTER.
7. Click Use Search Asst, and then on the Edit menu, click Modify.
8. For Value data, type:
no
Note Type the entry and value exactly as shown, including spaces and capitalization.
Posted by Peenie Wallie on January 1, 2006 at 1:04 PM
Comments
It helps a lot, thank you.
Posted by: nusushika on February 14, 2008 at 10:39 AM