A lot of people use IE's built in search functions, but the only search engine I ever want to use is Google. Today I'm showing you how to dump the default search and use your own. In my example I'm using google.

Create a new .txt file and copy/paste the regedit info. OR just download this one HERE.

<-- Start copy at REGEDIT4 line -->

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

<--End Copy above this line -->

rename that .txt file to a .reg file and double click it. You'll see this message:

Click Yes!

Now that that's done you may have to logoff and log back on for the registry changes to take affect.