To add a new search provider for internet explorer, click the link below and select the search provider from the list as shown in the following example.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-en/default.mspx?dcsref=http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx#
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1. Once you have selected the desired search provider a small window should load similar to the one shown here. Select the Add Provider option.
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2. To continue the process click the Start button on your task bar and then proceed to the Control Panel.
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3. In the Control Panel window on the far left side, click the link labeled: Classic View.
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4. This should change the format of the Control Panel window, and align the icons in alphabetical order. Find the icon labeled: Internet Options and left click it to continue.
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5. On the General tab of the Internet Properties window, you should see a Search option near the middle as shown in the example below. Click the Settings button on the right of that area.
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6. If you previously chose Add Provider on step 1, and you already had a search provider, you may want to set it to the Default by left clicking it as shown below. And then selecting the Set Default button.
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(Optional) 7. If you no longer require the use of the previous provider, you may select it as shown below to prepare for its removal.
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(Optional) 7A. Once you have selected the provider you would like to remove, click the Remove button on the right side of the window.
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(Optional) 8. At this point you may open another browser window to select more providers from the website by clicking the: Find more providers… link in the bottom left corner. (Please refer back to the start of this tutorial for selecting more providers.)
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9. Once you have completed all the changes you would like to make, click the Ok button at the bottom to complete the process.
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From this point you may click Ok on the remaining windows to complete the process.