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Search Engines will not work

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by len.piko

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The system in question is a laptop with Pent. 4 2.66GHz. with 960MB ram running win xp.
No matter what search engine I use it will not initialize to process the search. Also it doesn't matter whether I use the touchpad on the laptop or an attached mouse. Any help with this issue will be appreciated.

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by balge

hi
are you sure you're actually on line?
plus might need OS, browsers(s) network type and hardware, that sort of thing...
cheers!

by len.piko

Yes I am online. My OS is WinXP. browser is Ie 7.0. Comcast broadband network. Built-in 10/100 ethernet adapter.

by len.piko

I tried bitdefender, avast and malwarebytes.
No sign of an infection. I also upgraded to IE 8. Now I can choose from the drop-down list of search engines next to the address bar. I can do searches from here.
Once I get to the websites I can't do a search from within the websites themselves.
Any other suggestions will be welcome. Thanks.

by balge

hi
sounds like IE settings security or something
don't use IE so can't help there
cheers

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