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by gemailhiot

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I have a client running windows XP Home edition.

Whenever he uses the search button top find something, www.overture.com pops up requesting further search information.

How can we get rid of this access to overture in the search engines or at least move it form first selected option?

I hesitate trying anything before asking, since my search capabilities were once taken over by Xupiter.

I looked in the registry, but could not find anything listed for overture or www.overture.com.

there are also no easily identifiable programs like Xupiter had.

any ideas?

thanks,

gilles mailhiot

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by thechas

First, download and run a spy-ware checker.

AdAware www.lavasoft.de

Spybot Search and Destroy
www.download.com

Then, click on the search button on the toolbar.
Click on Customize on the search toolbar.
Select the search engine that you want as the default engine.

Chas

by carollong

I see there is an answer about using spyware. Security is some of the answer (I suspect something has reset the users search engine option). Note that there was some discussion about this Adaware being discontinued in the near future. This is because the developers were going to rewrite it so it can better serve users of WinXP and later. Make sure your operating system is supported.There is another option. Lots of WinXP machines were shipped with software like Norton Internet Security, This has many of the capabilitties that we once had to go to Adaware for.

To solve the default search engine problem itself, open Internet Exporer, click the Search Button. Click on Custom in the Search panel. This will open the custom setup for searches.

Click on "Use Search Assistant" and fill in the search engines you want. Or the Reset button - bottom right - will return it to the settings the PC was set up with for this option.

Alternatively, click on "One Search Engine" and specify which one you want to use.

Click OK when done.

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