Posts Tagged ie8

Save the text below as IE8Search.adm and then link the group policy.
Regards,
Brendan King
CLASS USER
CATEGORY !!WindowsComponents
CATEGORY !!InternetExplorer
POLICY !!PopulateSearchProviderList
   #if version >= 4
   SUPPORTED !!SUPPORTED_IE7
   #endif
   EXPLAIN !!IE_Explain_PopulateSearchProviderList
   KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
   VALUENAME Version
   VALUEON NUMERIC 65001
   ACTIONLISTON
    KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{C003E69C-00DE-4439-A922-BFA17117197F}”
    VALUENAME DisplayName  VALUE “Google Australia”Â
   Â
    VALUENAME URL               VALUE “http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&source=hp&q={searchTerms}&meta=&aq=f&aqi=g3g-s1g6&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=18a51b3ed23f0245e”
   END ACTIONLISTON
  END POLICY
POLICY !!DefaultSearchProvider_GoogleAustralia
   #if version >= 4
   SUPPORTED !!SUPPORTED_IE7
   #endif
   EXPLAIN !!IE_Explain_PopulateSearchProviderList
   KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
   VALUENAME Version
   VALUEON NUMERIC 65001
 ACTIONLISTON
  KEYNAME “Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes”
  VALUENAME DefaultScope VALUE {C003E69C-00DE-4439-A922-BFA17117197F}
    Â
 END ACTIONLISTON
END [...]

I just ran up a new Vista notebook. After running updates which loaded Internet explorer 8, it would not open at all.  To fix it I opened IE8 without add-ons and then disabled all add-ons.
Not sure which one was causing the issue but you generally don’t need them all anyway. To open IE8 without add-ons
• [...]