You must have missed it. I posted "XP SP3" a few posts back.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> [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
>
>