Can't remove address bar entry from I.E.

[doctorhardware]

I don't know where else to look or what other programs to use. There is always a system restore or reinstall the os.

[Chewy]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_ie.htm

I would bet you the answer is on this page

if Kelly and the MSVP's can't fix it, nobody can

[katzdvd]

http://www.hijackthis.de/index.php

Thanks for the link, chewy. I wasn't aware of that page; I bookmarked for future reference. Mostly all entries come up "safe" on that page. The few that doesn't I can identify as safe, such as CyberPatrol, Creative\Sync Manager 7 a few other "benign" entries.


I will check out the kellys-korner link to further track down the problem. I was talking with my son, & it *seems* as if the problems mostly started occuring when we install the games that he likes to play;

Sims, Counterstrike, Half-Life, Steam Client...

Maybe not totaly "nasty", but they are somewhat intrusive, & I am sure it is possible they could be responsible for mucking up things somewhere in the system.


regards, katz

[jm1647]

@katzdvd - I just did a search of the registry in XP Home on my laptop and looked for the word "officially" and it is not in mine. Maybe a registry search for "officially" can find it for you.

[katzdvd]

jm,

After I remove the history, cookies, temp files, auto complete, etc., it still shows up in the address bar. But after a couple of days of continually deleting all that stuff, the entry goes away on its' own.

It is not an issue with any particular word, etc.; It can be any word or phrase that I type into a google search. It almost seems that google is setting unremovable cookies or something on my pc...but as I stated above, after a few days of deleting the history over & over, it does go away.

I will continue to hammer on this as I get time. It is really more of a minor annoyance than anything else at this point!

regards, katz

[jm1647]

jm,

It is not an issue with any particular word, etc.; It can be any word or phrase that I type into a google search. It almost seems that google is setting unremovable cookies or something on my pc...but as I stated above, after a few days of deleting the history over & over, it does go away.

I will continue to hammer on this as I get time. It is really more of a minor annoyance than anything else at this point!

regards, katz

I missed the going away part...keep hammering and good luck