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Martin Edwards
Aug 19, 2013, 3:00:51 AM8/19/13
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I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
about it?
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Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
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to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
about it?
--
Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman
Peter Young
Aug 19, 2013, 3:31:42 AM8/19/13
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On 19 Aug 2013 Martin Edwards <big_m...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
Have you downloaded or updated some other software? I updated
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
something yesterday (offhand can't remember the name) and found that
it had changed the default browser to something other than Google.
Sorry for the vagueness, but the caffeine hasn't reached the
brain-cell yet.
Peter.
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Jay Garcia
Aug 19, 2013, 11:20:10 AM8/19/13
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On 19.08.2013 02:00, Martin Edwards wrote:
--- Original Message ---
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
Try this link instead: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en
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--- Original Message ---
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
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Mozilla Contribute Coordinator Team - www.mozilla.org/contribute/
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Chris Ilias
Aug 19, 2013, 2:02:09 PM8/19/13
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On 2013-08-19 3:00 AM, Martin Edwards wrote:
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
What search engine is selected in the search bar (in the top right
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
> about it?
corner)? The home page now uses whatever search engine the search bar is
set to.
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»Q«
Aug 19, 2013, 6:11:24 PM8/19/13
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In <news:gqGdnVtRy8M9X4zP...@mozilla.org>,
provider in the search box, which normally lives in a toolbar. If
you want them to use different search providers, try the Keyword Search
extension,
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keyword-search/>. Its
description doesn't say anything about about:home, but according to
its author it will let you change the about:home search provider. (I
haven't tried it.)
Martin Edwards <big_m...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has
> changed to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there
> anything I can do about it?
The start page (about:home)now uses whatever is set as the search
> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has
> changed to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there
> anything I can do about it?
provider in the search box, which normally lives in a toolbar. If
you want them to use different search providers, try the Keyword Search
extension,
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keyword-search/>. Its
description doesn't say anything about about:home, but according to
its author it will let you change the about:home search provider. (I
haven't tried it.)
Martin Edwards
Aug 20, 2013, 2:30:07 AM8/20/13
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On 19/08/2013 16:20, Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 19.08.2013 02:00, Martin Edwards wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>> about it?
>
> Try this link instead: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en
>
Yes, that does bring up Google, but the FF start page remains as before.
> On 19.08.2013 02:00, Martin Edwards wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>> about it?
>
> Try this link instead: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en
>
Martin Edwards
Aug 20, 2013, 2:31:30 AM8/20/13
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On 19/08/2013 19:02, Chris Ilias wrote:
> On 2013-08-19 3:00 AM, Martin Edwards wrote:
>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>> about it?
>
> What search engine is selected in the search bar (in the top right
> corner)? The home page now uses whatever search engine the search bar is
> set to.
>
Thanks, that was it.
> On 2013-08-19 3:00 AM, Martin Edwards wrote:
>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>> about it?
>
> What search engine is selected in the search bar (in the top right
> corner)? The home page now uses whatever search engine the search bar is
> set to.
>
Martin Edwards
Aug 20, 2013, 2:31:56 AM8/20/13
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Burry
Aug 20, 2013, 6:20:38 AM8/20/13
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On 20.08.13 8:30, Martin Edwards wrote:
> On 19/08/2013 16:20, Jay Garcia wrote:
>> On 19.08.2013 02:00, Martin Edwards wrote:
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>>
>>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>>> about it?
>>
>> Try this link instead: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en
>>
> Yes, that does bring up Google, but the FF start page remains as before.
>
I use as homepage :http://www.google.com/ncr
> On 19/08/2013 16:20, Jay Garcia wrote:
>> On 19.08.2013 02:00, Martin Edwards wrote:
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>>
>>> I had Google as the search engine on my start page, but it has changed
>>> to Chambers(UK). Why has this happened, and is there anything I can do
>>> about it?
>>
>> Try this link instead: http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en
>>
> Yes, that does bring up Google, but the FF start page remains as before.
>
How To Disable Google Search Redirects | Ghacks
www.ghacks.net/.../how-to-disable-google-search-redirects/ - Cached
22 Apr 2011 ... If you load http://www.google.com/ncr you tell Google
that you do not want to be
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