The first box on the General tab is the address for your home page, which may not be your search provider. HTH, Rick Justice
Tomorrow's another day, another way! and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph FreeTech" <joseph.freet...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing To change your home page/search provider... Before making the changes suggested in email message below, try this: 1. first try launching Internet Explorer. 2. Open Tools > Internet Options > 3. You will land on an edit field within the General tab. Delete all paths in this edit field. 4. Type the following in the edit field: www.Google.com 5. Press Shift+Tab to Ok and press enter. 6. Completely close Internet Explorer then launch it again and confirm that www.Google.com is now your search engine. Joseph the free tech guy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "david" <davidwhitehead1...@cogeco.ca> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:45 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing Internet Explorer Step 1 Alt+t=tools, icon to open the Tools menu. Step 2 Up arrow and Select "Manage Add-ons" from the Tools menu to display your add-ons by type. press enter, Step 3 Use arrow key and Select "Search Providers" under the add-on type. If Bing is the only search provider listed, you'll have to add another one before you remove Bing. To do this, click "Find more search providers." Click your desired search provider and click "Add to Internet Explorer." Select "Make this my default search provider." Restart Internet Explorer and return to the Manage Add-ons menu. if there's more than one Step 4 Select "Bing" use tab key and enter on remove. and click "Remove." -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of john melia Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:54 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing How do I get rid of bing it is no longer my search provider but at the top of the page it says bing how can I get rid of this. 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/ 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/
