Disable Search from Address Bar

The default action in Internet Explorer if you type in an address of a web site that can't be found is for the value that you typed in to be passed to the default search engine (usually MSN). This means that if you use the address bar for its intended use of entering web addresses and you miskey an address that you then waste a whole lot of time waiting for the search to run when you didn't want to request a search in the first place. Fortunately a minor settings change can fix this.

To keep the address bar for addressses and use search option when you want to run a search go into:

• Internet Explorer
• Select Tools\Internet Options
• Select the Advanced tab
• Scroll down to the "Search from Address bar" section
• Set it to "Do not search from the Address bar"
• Save setting