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4 total messages Started by Mike Kingston Sun, 06 Aug 2000 00:00

#76

Author: Mike Kingston
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 00:00

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In article <3ZzljVA56Yi5EwKZ@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk> Mike Kingston
wrote:

>In article <jEHWZLBSIVi5EAoy@jsunderwood.demon.co.uk>, John Underwood
><john@jsunderwood.demon.co.uk> writes

>>I am not sure, however, what you mean by the search facility. Perhaps a
>>little more clarity might clarify the answers.

>On Internet Explorer window, click on Search icon at the top (alongside
>Favourites & so on). Expect to see "Demon's Choice" e.g. but get
>something that I guess comes from MS Outlook or Outlook Express, both of
>which I attempted to use to gain access to ISP under test. 

No. What you are seeing is nothing to do with Outlook/Express - you are
seeing the default search page for IE supplied by its maker (Microsoft),
instead of the Demon search page.

This is not really anything much to do with Turnpike, but personally I
find all of these "search pages" a total waste of time. Why load up
someone else's selection of search engines?

My own preference is to use the IE power tools setting that allows you
to go directly to your search engine of choice via a 2-letter code.

In other words, type      av music        and alta-vista will be called
up, already pre-loaded with all the hits on "music" and without having
to go via a Demon or M$ search page en route.

However, this is all really more of a topic for demon.ip.support.ie4

-- 
Paul Terry

Thank you Terry. Well here I am where you suggested.

I'll look into your suggestion re IE power tools - looks neat. Meanwhile
my tinkering has got me the IE search page, which is pretty crummy, so
where do I set things to get Demon's? I had an uneducated root around
and can't find what, never mind where to put it.
-- 
Mike Kingston

Re: Demon's search page

#77

Author: John Griffiths
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00

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In article <4LFGHIAkyaj5Ewjk@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk>, Mike Kingston
<digweed@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <3ZzljVA56Yi5EwKZ@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk> Mike Kingston
>wrote:
>
>>In article <jEHWZLBSIVi5EAoy@jsunderwood.demon.co.uk>, John Underwood
>><john@jsunderwood.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>>I am not sure, however, what you mean by the search facility. Perhaps a
>>>little more clarity might clarify the answers.
>
<large snip>

Just a thought whilst on the subject of search engines.  You can
download a free copy of a multiple search engine from 
http://www.copernic.com

You don't get the full version which has all sorts of sub categories but
you do get the ability to search via approx 12 of the main search
engines at the same time.  The programme then summarises them into a
list in priority order.  Worth taking a look.

John

-- 
John Griffiths
Baxenden,  Lancs,
http://www.baxlancs.demon.co.uk

Re: Demon's search page

#78

Author: Andy
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00

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In article <4LFGHIAkyaj5Ewjk@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk>, Mike Kingston
<digweed@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk> wrote
[]
>Meanwhile
>my tinkering has got me the IE search page, which is pretty crummy, so
>where do I set things to get Demon's? I had an uneducated root around
>and can't find what, never mind where to put it.

I have an unbuggeredaboutwith Demon installation of IE4, and the search
button insists on my being on line before it will display anything. Also
there is no "search page" within TP (or IE).

This suggests that if you really want the Demon collection of search
engines, reinstall IE from a Demonised source.

But as others have said it's better to build your own - my personally
preferred method is to use Favourites and have therein a subdirectory of
search engine URLs.
-- 
Andy
For Austrian philately <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/austamps/>
For Lupus <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/lupus/>
For my other interests <URL: http://www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk/>

Re: Demon's search page

#79

Author: Paul Terry
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00

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In article <4LFGHIAkyaj5Ewjk@kingsway-assoc.demon.co.uk> Mike Kingston
wrote:

>No. What you are seeing is nothing to do with Outlook/Express - you are
>seeing the default search page for IE supplied by its maker (Microsoft),
>instead of the Demon search page.

>-- 
>Paul Terry
>
>Thank you Terry. 

That's a pleasure, Kingston.  >:-)

>I'll look into your suggestion re IE power tools - looks neat. Meanwhile
>my tinkering has got me the IE search page, which is pretty crummy, so
>where do I set things to get Demon's?

See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Q171853 (Changing Search Pages Used by Internet Explorer 4.0):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q171/8/53.asp

It will tell you that you will need to perform a registry edit to get
what you are after. The IE search settings are at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main 

        For IE5, I have the following for search page:

        http://www.demon.net/inews/search.html

        and the following for search bar:

        http://www.demon.net/cgi-bin/demon/ie5/search

        I have a feeling that the IE4 version is
        http://www.demon.net/cgi-bin/demonie4/search

If you don't fancy editing the Registry, then it might be worth trying
to re-install IE (preferably from a Turnpike installer).

-- 
Paul Terry

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