Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Hi,

i have installed IE 8 RC and every time i start IE 8 i get the following
error message:
setting for Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer has reset this setting to your original search provider.,
Live Search.

Internet explorer will now open Search settings, where you can change this
setting or install more search providers".

Then i set a new provider and all is will UNTIL i start ie again - then the
thing comes again.
Leaving the search provider on live results in the same dialogue.


Any ideas ?



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Mit freundlichen Grüßen /
with kind regards

Senaj Lelic
[DE MVP Visio]

Hi,Determine which third-party program (security, antispyware, etc.

Hi,
Determine which third-party program (security, antispyware, etc.) is
protecting your settings. The programs which protect IE settings from
spyware or hijackers can also prevent you from making changes.

Some possible culprits:
Spybot
Spybot- Teatimer
Ad-aware Pro
Various Norton products
McAfee AV or Antispyware
Spyware Blaster
Spysweeper
Zone Alarm- free and pro.

If using the Google toolbar, click on the wrench icon and check/uncheck "Set
and keep Google as the default search engine."

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


provider.,
the

Hi Don,i only have Onecare on Vista - nothing else.

Hi Don,

i only have Onecare on Vista - nothing else.
Also: the setting works once set for this session of IE8 just the next time
it doesnt.
IE 7 works on the same machine without any problems
REgards
Senaj

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Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Senaj Lelic[DE MVP Visio] schrieb am Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:31:01 -0800:


which is?

Kai
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HI Kai,google but as said - no matter whether i leave windows live or set

HI Kai,

google but as said - no matter whether i leave windows live or set google -
the error is the same once i close IE 8 and start a new instance.

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Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Senaj Lelic [DE MVP Visio] schrieb am Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:32:44 +0100:


Oh, I did not get that. So, if you leave it at Live as a search provider you
get the same error? I think it's time to check the registry key for searches,
let me dig the correct one out or maybe someone else provides it in the mean
time.
You do not have any other security program besides OneCare? And no third-party
toolbar or desktop search?
Can you please follow the following instructions and see if that cures your
problem?

Use the usual methods to identify the third-party software that produces
your problem:
1. run IE in "No Add-Ons" mode
2. disable third-party extensions in Internet Options/Advanced
3. boot Windows in safe mode

If any or a combination of the above solves your problem there is third-party
software responsible for your problem.
If 1.: use Add-Ons-Manager and disable all non-Microsoft add-ons and
reenable them step-by-step until your problem comes back
If 2.: that's likely a toolbar or some other installable add-on
If 3.: that's likely a third-party software run from startup that can but

doesn't need to have "visible" connections to IE, for instance
a so-called desktop search.


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Hi Senaj,I'd like to get some more information so I can try to figure out the

Hi Senaj,

I'd like to get some more information so I can try to figure out the problem
here. Can you please export the following regkeys and reply with their
contents:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\User Preferences
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

Did you install a previous beta of IE8 on this machine? If so, did you see
the problem there? Did it start happening as soon as you installed IE8 RC, or
sometime later?

Also, is this machine joined to a domain, and if so, was your user account
ever migrated from one domain to another?

Thanks,
Alex

Hi Kai,yes if i leave live as search provider i get the same error message.

Hi Kai,

yes if i leave live as search provider i get the same error message.
Registry: yes would be great!
Nothing else but OneCare
No thirdparty toolbar or desktop search (hey i'm MVP ;-) )

well there is no third party software or addon running :-) that's the issue
!
any other ideas or registry keys i can check ?

Senaj

HI AlexGI,i'll do that - where to send the exports ?

HI AlexGI,

i'll do that - where to send the exports ?

1. the problem happened after i migrated my account from one domain to
another domain, happens in IE8 beta and RC
2. yes the machine is and was in a domain (just different ones).

so where to send the registry settings to ?

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OK, in that case the domain migration is the cause and you don't need to send

OK, in that case the domain migration is the cause and you don't need to send
the exports. This will be fixed for RTM. In the meantime, deleting the User
Preferences regkey should stop the dialog from appearing.

Thanks,
Alex

So i just have to delete this key and then the dialogue will not come again ?

So i just have to delete this key and then the dialogue will not come again
?
I'll install the RC and test immediately :-) - i deinstalled it because of
this really annoying problem :-)


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Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Senaj Lelic [DE MVP Visio] schrieb am Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:41:40 +0100:


AlexGI has already taken care of that, it seems :-) And nailed the problem
to the domain transfer. That User Preferences key is new to IE8 and might
have been "overlooked" in some way.

Kai
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Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

i found a fix :)
thanks to alex GI, i decided to look at the registry,

under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl
i found a key named (default) and the data was
http://www.google.com/keyword/s% (or keyword/%s i forgot)
and i went to google and serched keword and pasted the url to replace the
data and now it works perfectly :)

if you want to fix it without going into regedit.exe with a fear you might
suff something up download this registry key and just click on it:
http://rapidshare.com/files/199887661/click_to_fix.reg.html
you may need to set google as default search

if want to use a different search engine than google or don't mind browsing
through regedit simple go to your search engine and search for *keyword*
(without the *'s) copy the link and paste it into the key (default) located
in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl
and all should be fixed :D

Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Solution;
hi Folks,

thanks to AlexGI i found the reason: it was a domain migration on the laptop
(see his post in the thread) just delete the following key:

The issue is then SOLVED and this "bug" will be adressed in the RTM bits.
Regards
Senaj



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that didn't work for me so thats why a posted my soloution...

that did not work for me so thats why a posted my soloution... happy that
worked for someone...

Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Cypriot Bro schrieb am Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:37:00 -0800:


Actually, this value should normally be empty. It seems you used some time
ago a hack you found somewhere instead of using the provided methods. Now it
bit you.
The Search URL key is for keyword searches, e.g. you type "g something" and
it goes to Google and looks up "something". And if there is a default set it
searches at that default URL if no keyword is entered, thus going for
*nothing* to do with the searchbox and searchproviders.
This functionality is normally set at internet options/advanced/search from
the address bar. If you check "Just display the results in the main window"
then your current default search provider (from the searchbox) is used for
auto-searches from the addressbar.
In other words: you should empty that default value and use the correct
methods to achieve what you want! Then it won't bite you next time.



There is no need for all of this. Actually, you should leave that alone! You
just go to "Find more providers" in the searchbox menu and look for the one
you want. It also includes a custom "search provider baker". If you want to
have that search provider be searched from the addressbar as well (not that
this makes much sense with a searchbox just right of it) you go to internet
options/advanced and select "Just display the results in the main window".

Kai
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tried that and all of the 'soloutions' posted, tried that sooooooooooooooooooo

tried that and all of the 'soloutions' posted,


tried that sooooooooooooooooooo many times, i tried every search engine but
i couldn't change my default search from windows live and it didn't fix the
popup messages at the start of internet explorer

Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Cypriot Bro schrieb am Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:28:21 -0800:


I'm sure you did not, not correctly. There are some values in your
registry that you added some time ago. You have to remove them before the
real solution works.

Kai
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well that means the solution did not work because of that, well then maybe

well that means the solution did not work because of that, well then maybe
that works just not on my computer happy.

Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Cypriot Bro schrieb am Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:47:02 -0800:


I wouldn't be happy about that if I were you, but, well, yes. :-)

Kai
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Hi all, I would agree to Kai as it seems that the problem is because of

Hi all,
I would agree to Kai as it seems that the problem is because of change
of domain. I have a corporate pc and I didn't have any such problems with IE8
it was all healthy, but recently they have changed the domain of their
network and the next day I started IE8 I got the same pop-up.

Please let us know if anyone could root out the problem.

Ozi

Alex, I've installed the RTM on multiple WinXP Pro SP3 computers.

Alex, I've installed the RTM on multiple WinXP Pro SP3 computers. On one of
them, I'm getting the search providers error.

I've tried the steps listed in this thread. I also tried copying registry
settings for specific keys from a working install to the non-working one.
Doing that, I can add a new search provider, but I can't set it as default.
Highlighting the added one (google) and clicking the set as default button
does nothing.

Can't find anything abnormal using Process Monitor.

I'm out of ideas.

On my system, the AppData value was missing from the following registry key.

On my system, the AppData value was missing from the following registry key.
I believe the reason it was missing is a sysprep mishap.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders]

Create a new Expandable String Value. Name it "AppData" without the quotes
and give it a value of "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data" without the quotes.

Wow. Thanks!

Wow.  Thanks!  That was a seriously annoying problem and this finally fixed
it for me.  I had tried everything else with no luck.

In my case I couldn't get the pop-up to go away even with only Window's Live
Search installed.  Using the check box that prevented changes to the search
preferences didn't work at all.  Everything is OK now.

(RESOLVED) Errors with search provider every time i start IE8

Hi guys,
I have recently downloaded the latest version of IE8.0 which was
advertised on my msn messenger page. The link to the download is here:

http://windowslive.uk.msn.com/media/guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=15133534

Please note that this link is for UK users, I am not sure whether there is a
parallel link with this for users from outside UK or not.

But this surely works, it seems like microsoft has addressed the issues in
this new version and removed the bugs and surprisingly my search error which
kept coming back and was a bit of an innuissance has disappeared and my
windows run smooth now.

Cheers

Well it might be solved and it might not.

Well it might be solved and it might not. I have one PC that isn't in a
domain and I have tried both the IE 8 from Microsoft downloads and MSN IE 8
download optimized for MSN. Yep, that error (or malfunction) still exists,
just use IE 7 until it's solved is the only solution. None of the "solutions"
here have worked, or in the case of the domains apply.