Rather than a chat room presentation perhaps this continuation should have been on the original thread. This allows members to read, learn and assist more rapidly. When the tread jumps to the top members know there is new information. I have taken the liberty of tagging the original thread for members convenience. DA Here is a link that might be useful: Original Thread

It's so easy. Just go Google.com and bookmark it. Put it first in the bookmark bar. Done that for years. One click and you got it plus the satisfaction of crossing em up. :-) ====================================== I see in IE/8 in Manage Add-ons > Search Providers there is a checked box to "prevent other searchers from being suggested." Located conveniently at the very bottom in small font. Not only that clicking on "find more search providers" (even smaller font) coughs up 123 suggested search outfits not one of which is Google for some reason. Can't imagine why.

So far, the only two suggestions I haven't already done (twice!) is remove MSN from add remove and uninstalled old dialup software. Will give add/remove a try. Still using free MSN hotmail, though. Will that still work? If that doesn't work I'll need more info on how to uninstall old dialup software. Thanks, Sandy

these are the directions from tweakxp Removing MSN without batch scripts Posted 8/12/2002 by TweakXP Member Click on the start menu and select Run. Copy and paste RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove into the text box and click on OK. Let the process complete and MSN will be gone after a reboot. msn removal But you should see it in your Start> control panel> add remove programs, wait for full list, then look for MSN, MSN messenger, msn toolbar select then then choose remove. also check start>all programs> online services msn then see if there is an uninstaller