re: search engines won't search Friday, October 3, 2003 at 2:14 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steve B (395 messages posted) You may want to check your hosts file. Windows/System32/Drivers/Etc/hosts. There have been reports that something makes entries in the file. The only valid entry is probably the loopback entry, and that's not needed. You can delete the entries, or just delete or rename the hosts file. If you don't know what the host file is, then it's not needed. If you use it, then I don't have to tell you how it's used. On Friday, October 3, 2003 at 8:26 am, Mr. Freeze wrote: >on this pc search engines won't search....it just gives me an error saying it can't >find my server, but on my other computer it will search...ive tried sypbot adaware >and online virus scanning...any ideas as to what may cause this? the only search >engine that does work is the one on frontiernet.net Written in response to: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Friday, October 3, 2003 at 8:26 am) Responses to this message: re: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Friday, October 3, 2003 at 8:08 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] search engines won't search (Morbid1: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 8:26 am) re: search engines won't search (Carl D: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 8:34 am) re: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 9:17 am) re: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 10:26 am) re: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 10:28 am) re: search engines won't search (triplate: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 1:04 pm) re: search engines won't search (Steve B: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 2:14 pm) re: search engines won't search (Morbid1: Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 8:08 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum