Why does IE now require "http:" in the address bar?

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Hi,
I have the same problem with IE now requiring "http:" in the address bar? I go around this by only typing lets say "yahoo" and then by holding the control key and hitting enter, by doing this it will add the "http://www." in the begening and the ".com" at the end to what ever you type in. I'll keep doing this till microsoft has an update to fix this...Actually i really got used to this...saves so much time..... no more www. and the .com....wohoo00... good luck

You are awesome!!
I was having this problem and downloaded the registry editor provided and all is well. I have bookmarked your site for future reference.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
=) TJ

Leo,

Thank you. Your registry entry fixed my address bar problem. Muchas Gracias!

It was driving me crazy that I couldn't go to a website by typing the address onto the address bar! I downloaded the registry 'thingee' and it works great, now!!! Thank you so much!

Great article. This bug also affected Visual Studio 2003. Thankfully, applying the fix resolved both the IE problem and the Visual Studio problem.

More info on the Visual Studio bug

More info on the Visual Studio bug at:

http://sterlingporter.net/blog/?p=11

You da man. Thank you.

Checked my Add/Remove programs and found the HP software Share-to-web. Removed it using the ADD/Remove, rebooted the PC and now the IE Address line works as previous. PS-Loved the Control/Enter keystroke to complete the IE Address - might just continue to use it!! Thanks..

Apart from being to access the address bar I am not able to use my scanner. it will not scan photos into my C drive yet it will scan to print. Could this microsoft download have affected this and if I download registry could this solve the problem? my scanner works on someone else's computer. thank you

This man is KING! I seriously thought I was losing it, everytime I tried addding pictures or attachments in Office/Outlook the software froze. I done loads of web searches and found nothing, so started uninstalling and reinstalling everything but it still didn't work. I seriously thought I'd have to reinstall XP. Then, when all was nearly lost I realised another problem was the "http://" searched on that, found this and am happy again. Enjoy a tall latte on me!

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