I just followed the directions below and under Tools/Manage Add ons/Search providers, Google is listed as 'enabled' but as 'not available'. I closed IE, but the setting did not change. I'm using IE10- any suggestions?
Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 9:31 AM To: Jaws-Users List Subject: [JAWS-Users] BingBar / Search Providers In IE 9 & 10 Hi All, There has been a discussion on removing / turning off the BingBar & below are some notes on changing your search provider that might help in stopping Jaws from reporting BingBar or whatever it says when doing a search. From: Roger Loran Bailey Because of this thread and Gene's comments I just did something that I did not know how to do and didn't even know that I wanted to do until now. I changed my own default search engine in Internet Explorer to Google. My default search engine has been Bing ever since I got this Windows 7 computer, but I prefer Google. I handled the problem by just ignoring Bing and making Google my home page. Because of this discussion I decided to check to see if I could change the default search. I went to tools and then to manage add ons. I then arrowed down until I saw search engines. I tabbed and found Bing checked as default. By arrowing up and down I saw that there were other search engines and Google was not one of them. So I continued to tab until I found a link labeled "search for other search engines." I clicked that link and came to a Microsoft page about add ons and at first I didn't think it had anything to do with search engines, but down the page there was a link to search engines which I clicked. I then got a list of search results and again Google was not one of them. Apparently Microsoft wants to make it hard for you to use Google. In exasperation I pressed the E key to go to the only edit field on the page and typed in Google. Again I got a list of search results, but this time the first one on the list was Google search. There was a link right after it for adding it to Internet Explorer. I clicked it again and there was a page listing some things about Google. By this time I was getting tired of the hoops I was jumping through, so I didn't read that material very closely and now I can't really tell you what it said, but at the very bottom there was another link offering to add Google to Internet Explorer. I clicked it again and a dialog came up. Tabbing through it there were several check boxes to either check or not to check and one of them was to make Google my default search engine. I did check that and went through the rest of the dialog and click finish or save or whatever it said at the end. I then just closed the browser and opened it up again. I don't know if that was necessary, but that is how I did it. Then I check by pressing f6 for the address bar and, indeed, it showed Google. I typed in a word off the top of my head and pressed enter and I got a list of Google search results. So there is how to make Google your default search engine in Internet Explorer. I would have done this a long time ago if I had thought of it or even known where to look. Roger Original Message ----- From: Karl Smith Does anyone know how to change my search engine from Bing to Google in IE 10? Karl From: Carlos Go to the Internet Explorer Gallery http://www.iegallery.com/en-us/addons?callback=true&featuretype=2 and add a new search provider like Google for example. There's a link labeled "Add to Internet Explorer" on the page after you select a search provider. When you click on this link, check the "Make this my default search provider" checkbox. Carlos From: Grant Hardy Yes--if you hit ALT+T for the Tools menu while in IE 10 and choose "Manage add-ons", you'll find a radio button for Search Providers. Select this radio button and then TAB until you hear "find more search providers". Activate this link and you'll be taken to the Internet Explorer gallery where you can find and add other search providers to IE including Google. To add the Google search provider, activate the Google link to bring up the information page and then choose Add to internet explorer. You'll be prompted as to whether you want to make this the default search provider. Grant HTH Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
