PLEASE HELP ANYONE!!!

Somehow, don't ask how, i downloaded something (in chinese no less) and this cute something (called sohu.com) replaced it's search engine for msn.com

now i get chinese answers for my searches, it has the same nastiness as lop.com, except that because it's in chinese i can't find the remove file.

I've done HD and registry searches, to no avail.

Does anyone have an ideas, short of reformating,

(there's a reset internet search site, under search/preferences - again no result)

please anyone

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Hey,

i think these two links will help you out

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q179402

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...B;EN-US;q198279

if you have any more questions, just let us know, and we will try to help you

Blackwar

from winguides;

Change the Internet Explorer Search Engine

Go to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl].

Modify the value of default to equal the URL for the search engine you want to use, substituting '%s' to represent the keywords.

For example, to use AltaVista the value would be:

http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=%s

And to use Yahoo! the value would be:

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=%s

from my registry:

Or for google: http://www.google.com/keyword/%s

Also, this key:

(---cut & paste, save as .reg file----)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"

"AutoSearch"=dword:00000006

"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

(----end cut & paste---)

hope this helps

Just thought of something else. Check the View menu > encoding submenu.