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    How to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10

    You can easily choose a different search engine as your default in Microsoft Edge so that when you search from the address bar those results will be from your favorite search engine. read more Continue reading...
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    Windows 7 I Don't Understand Why?

    Okay is this about Windows 7 or Internet Explorer 11 or is it about Yahoo Mail? I receive an email thru Yahoo from a site called "Liberty Headlines" and in this email may be an article from "Alex Jones' Infowars.com. then my computer goes "Bonkers", it won't let me do anything and I have to do...
  3. gezafisch

    Google Vs. Bing

    Which is better?
  4. MikeHawthorne

    Anyone feel that searching the net is harder than it used to be?

    Hi Recently I've become more and more disturbed by how many idiotic responses I get when I search for things. It seems that I used to be able to zero in on what I wanted quickly. Now I seem to get responses that have absolutely nothing to do with what I searched for. I arrive at a page that...
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    Windows 8 I can't connect to the proxy server, yet I haven't installed one.

    I don't know where else to ask this so I am posting this here: A few days ago I installed a third party program which installed a hijacking search engine called snap.do, I then proceeded to uninstall it but now I can't connect to the internet altogether, so I run a virus scan and a few things...
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    Windows 7 After installing anti virus software I lost network connection

    Okay I'm going to try and explain this as best I can. I am a young girl and do not know much about what goes into to computers and fixing them. Just a heads up, I need a really good explanation of what to do. Thank you so much. Now the problem. My computer got a virus from me trying to download...
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    VIDEO If Google was a Guy

    May be on the border of adult humour ? :razz:
  8. News

    Microsoft announces Windows 8.1 with Bing for low-cost PCs and tablets

    The rumors were true: On Friday, Microsoft announced Windows 8.1 with Bing , a new version of Windows 8.1 available only to hardware manufacturers. The new edition of Windows appears to be the same as the standard version of Windows 8.1 (complete with this spring's Windows 8.1 Update ), but with...
  9. Mike

    New Feature: How to apply Google Authorship to your posts

    Google recognizes the authorship of Google+ members on their search engine. In order to accomplish this, we have made it possible to enter the required information necessary, if you so choose, for your Google+ information to appear on the Google search engine whenever you author a message. Here...
  10. Mike

    What Happened to Blogs?!

    It has been decided that it is best that we transfer our blog system into the forums themselves. This will allow members to view, and in some cases manage, threads they have already created, create new ones, and allow for better visibility of your messages. A conclusion was made that the blog...
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    Windows 7 HELP! I have been infected by "WEB CAKE 3.0"

    Hi HELP! I have been infected by "WEB CAKE 3.0". BACKGROUND I am running Windows7 x64 on 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of SSD. I am using Microsoft Security Essentials for virus protection. I am pretty much a newbie. THE STORY SO FAR: 1. I found it in Control Panel > Programs and Features, and because...
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    Windows 7 How to Remove Start Search and Set Google as Home Page

    I have tried to set google.com as my home page, but keep getting the following website as my home page http://start.search.us.com/v/2/?guid={407F09D3-7285-41D5-A83A-E8EDDFE524B4}&serpv=5 I would be appreciated if someone could advise me how to remove this so that I can set up...
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    Windows 7 HELP Unwanted Tool Bars/Search Engines

    I screwed up my laptop with W7 royally. I updated my free virus detector and it downloaded a toolbar I did not want. I uninstalled it, I went up to settings, addons and unchecked it and it was STILL THERE and it would not let me search on Google. OK so I did a search for Toolbar cleaners and...
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    Windows 7 win 7 all search engines are redirected. (virus?)

    Win 7 IE 9 using google or any other search engine (Yahoo, etc) the search does bring up links for the web sites requested. However clicking any link redirects the request to a page "Get hot link.com" or a job search page. I have run the MS Malware removal tool, McAfee, IObit Malware fighter pro...
  15. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 What can you do in Windows 8 that you can't do in Windows 7?

    Hi I was thinking about this today. When I upgraded from XP to Windows 7 there were new features that were obvious. Like Snap better CD writing apps in the software, etc. I was trying to come up with things that are different from Windows 7 in Windows 8 other then the user interface...
  16. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Can't get rid of Babylon Search Engine in Chrome!!!

    Hi I've been trying to get rid of this for several days with no luck. I found that you get this malware by installing Mozilla Firefox, it then spreads to your other browsers if you have them. I installed Firefox to try and fix the problems I was having with cutting and pasting in this...
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    Windows 7 How to get rid of Speedbit ?

    I don't know how Speedbit got into my computer but it keeps hijacking both my homepage and default search engine. This is not a browser issue though, the filth is in my System folders (I run Win 7 Ultimate x64, but this is in the x86 segment). First, of course, I tried to uninstall it, but, of...
  18. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 7 Why is Windows 7 search so bad?

    Hi I really don't get this! If a computer can do anything it should be able to find files. Today I needed to find a file that I did for my niece a year ago. I don't remember what I named it or where I saved it. After trying a few things I decided to narrow it down by just getting a list of...
  19. Mike

    September Forum Updates: New Posting Features and vBulletin Upgrade Insights

    We have moved ahead with our agenda in several areas for September. Members can enjoy changes in the following areas: Post Messages Using Windows Live ID, Facebook, Yahoo!, and AOL As we proposed today, members can use the Facebook Graph API (and therefore the OpenGraph API) to post messages...
  20. Mike

    Search Engine Updates

    Fixed cosmetic issue with search results that have a title that contains unicode characters Better handling of non-standard latin characters (makes German, Spanish, Swedish and Norwegian work without needing setting) Changed how delta indexes are threaded within distributed indexes Fixed issue...
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