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Posted by dab (Member # 7847) on :

Since last week, if I want to go to a website I can no longer just type in the name of the website, I have to type in the http:// does anyone know how i fix this? thanks for your help. -Doug

Posted by dab (Member # 7847) on :

anyone????

Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :

Go here:

www.getfirefox.com

It will solve the problem.

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

What exactly does it do when you type in just the address? (BTW, Firefox will probably fix the problem)

Posted by dab (Member # 7847) on :

thanks firefox does work, ... but with explorer, if I would type in google.com the page would not load, but i found that if i type http://google.com it would load. I was wondering if there was a setting that I could change that would fix this. -dab

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

well, I'm old-school, so I always put the www. in front of everything [Big Grin]

But if you go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced tab
If "Always send URLs as UTF-8" is unchecked, that's probably your problem.

edit: I think. I'm not sure [Big Grin]

Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Boris:
well, I'm old-school, so I always put the www. in front of everything
But if you go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced tab
If "Always send URLs as UTF-8" is unchecked, that's probably your problem.

edit: I think. I'm not sure

I didn't know that, interesting.

Posted by OSTY (Member # 1480) on :

Check under tools..then internet options..then advanced...check there to see what you have clicked under search from the address bar...I think you want just go to the most likely source