Choosing a default provider
Searching all your providers would probably be a bit extreme. You could end up with links to more Web pages than you could explore in a lifetime. So you need to pick one to be the default provider. The default provider is just the one that's used unless you specify otherwise. To choose a default provider:
- Click the down arrow button on the Search box again and click Manage Search Providers.
- Click the provider you want to use as your default and click Set As Default.
- Optionally, you can remove any provider by clicking its name and clicking Remove.
- Click Close.
The text inside the Search box changes to reflect your default provider.
In this tutorial:
- Using Windows 7 Internet Explorer
- Understanding How the Web Works
- Examples of Top-Level Domains and URLs of Web Sites
- Windows Explorer Versus Internet Explorer
- Using Internet Explorer
- Browsing to a Web site
- Using AutoComplete
- Using Back, Forward, and History buttons
- Magnifying a page
- Panes and toolbars
- Full-screen viewing
- Change your default home page
- Using Tabs
- Using Quick Tabs
- Creating multiple home page tabs
- Rearranging and removing home page tabs
- Personalizing tabbed browsing
- Shortcut keys for tabs
- Using Web Slices
- Using Accelerators
- Using RSS Feeds
- Optional settings for RSS feeds
- Using the RSS Feed Headlines gadget
- Managing Favorite Sites
- Adding tab groups to Favorites
- Starting Your Favorites Collection
- Organizing Favorites
- Importing and exporting Favorites
- Blocking Pop-Ups
- Using the Information bar
- When pop-ups still get through
- Using the SmartScreen Filter
- How the SmartScreen Filter works
- Getting the most from the SmartScreen Filter
- Deleting the Browser History
- Clearing AutoComplete entries
- Configuring AutoComplete
- Understanding cookies
- Deleting cookies
- Adjusting cookie privacy settings
- Looking at cookies and privacy policies
- Understanding temporary Internet files
- Clearing temporary Internet files
- Temporary Internet files settings
- A note on certificates
- Using Internet Security Zones
- Printing Web Pages
- Using Print Preview
- Saving Web Pages
- Copying content from Web pages
- Downloading pictures and videos
- Making Internet Explorer Your Default Browser
- Searching the Web
- Choosing search providers
- Choosing a default provider
- Searching from the Search box
- Searching from the address bar
- Getting More with Add-ons
- Managing add-ons
- Internet Explorer Help and Troubleshooting