Have to type http:// to access a website

Sorry if this is a little OT, but it is on my wireless computer.

In Internet Explorer, it used to be that I could just type the www. part of
the address and get to the website (www.google.com). For some reason, that
changed, and now I have to type the complete address
(http://www.google.com), otherwise it either loads incredibly slowly, or
not at all.

Everything works fine in Firefox.

Anyway, does anyone know what might causing this? If there is a better
group to post in, please let me know!

Thanks,

Ryan

The Chairman wrote:
> Sorry if this is a little OT, but it is on my wireless computer.
>
> In Internet Explorer, it used to be that I could just type the www. part of
> the address and get to the website (www.google.com). For some reason, that
> changed, and now I have to type the complete address
> (http://www.google.com), otherwise it either loads incredibly slowly, or
> not at all.
>
> Everything works fine in Firefox.
>
> Anyway, does anyone know what might causing this? If there is a better
> group to post in, please let me know!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan

Instead, try typing the word "google" (without the quotes), then hold
down your control key while hitting the Enter key. It will automagically
add the http:, the //, the www, and the .com. This works in both FireFox
and Internet Exploder.

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out that way.

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:16:45 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , The
Chairman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Everything works fine in Firefox.

No, but I can see the solution - stop using IE. Firefox is way better
anyway.

> If there is a better group to post in, please let me know!

one of hte MS support groups I suspect.

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Father Dale <dlorrDIESPAMMERS!@att.net> wrote in news:Qxyce.163552
$(E-Mail Removed):

> Instead, try typing the word "google" (without the quotes), then hold
> down your control key while hitting the Enter key. It will automagically
> add the http:, the //, the www, and the .com. This works in both FireFox
> and Internet Exploder.

Good tip. Thanks! I still am looking for the cause of this problem, so if
anyone has it...

Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:16:45 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , The
> Chairman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Everything works fine in Firefox.
>
> No, but I can see the solution - stop using IE. Firefox is way better
> anyway.
>
>> If there is a better group to post in, please let me know!
>
> one of hte MS support groups I suspect.
>

Yeah, I posted in the MS IE group, but it seems that no one looks there.
There's only about 100 posts in the last 2 months. Oh well.

The Chairman wrote:
> Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>one of hte MS support groups I suspect.

> Yeah, I posted in the MS IE group, but it seems that no one looks there.
> There's only about 100 posts in the last 2 months. Oh well.

In news:microsoft.public.inetexplorer there were less than 100 posts on
the server I use, but in news:microsoft.public.internetexplorer there
were over 4,000 posts.

Rôgêr wrote:
> The Chairman wrote:
>
>> Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>
>>> one of hte MS support groups I suspect.
>
>
>> Yeah, I posted in the MS IE group, but it seems that no one looks
>> there. There's only about 100 posts in the last 2 months. Oh well.
>
>
> In news:microsoft.public.inetexplorer there were less than 100 posts on
> the server I use, but in news:microsoft.public.internetexplorer there
> were over 4,000 posts.

And ... in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
141,000 posts, microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser 204,000
posts.

Rôgêr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:y-idnbNqwvojRu_fRVn-
(E-Mail Removed):

> And ... in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
> 141,000 posts, microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser 204,000
> posts.
>

Thanks, I'll post in those groups now too.

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:10:54 GMT, The Chairman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Rôgêr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:y-idnbNqwvojRu_fRVn-
>(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> And ... in microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
>> 141,000 posts, microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser 204,000
>> posts.
>>
>
>Thanks, I'll post in those groups now too.
Do yo use AOL? That is a known issue for them and is a virus or
something like that. I am now remembering bits and pieces of the
problem solving I went thru quite a while ago.

As a follow up to all who replied, this seems to be a wide problem, and a
registry key is the cause. It seems that the default prefix key gets
deleted or corrupt. Here is a link for more info:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#extension

Thanks for your replies.

The Chairman