[My apologies: I posted instructions for IE7, not IE8. And we still don't
know your Windows version.]

lcsusa wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> The path IE Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | Searching | Search from
> the Address Bar does not allow for a check to indicate yes - to search
> from
> the address bar. Instead, Search from the Address Bar is a menu heading
> under which are the two following options which CAN be checked (or not):
>
> (radio button) Do not submit unknown addresses to your auto-search
> provider
> (radio button) Just display the results in the main window
>
> I do remember on previous versions of IE that you could choose to search
> from the address bar - but not in the version on my desktop. It does work
> on
> my daughter's laptop though. I can't find the distinction.
>
> It's not that big a deal. I can always just use ctl-e to search from the
> search bar. It's just a habit.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista x64 SP2)
>> when posting to this newsgroup.
>>
>> IE Tools | Internet Options | Advanced | Searching | Search from the
>> Address bar <=Is this option checked/enabled?
>>
>> Also see my colleague Robert Aldwinckle's recommendations here:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...e23e0a3d?hl=en
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> lcsusa wrote:
>>> I am used to typing anything I want to into the address field and
>>> getting
>>> results from Google. That no longer works. I need to use the search bar
>>> to
>>> the right of the address bar. I am constantly forgetting. It's
>>> inconvenient.
>>> Why has that feature been disabled in IE8? Or is it something that I'm
>>> doing
>>> wrong?
>>>
>>> TIA