Well, I was hoping you would convey whether it was changing your homepage or removing the Bing toolbar ad-on that did the trick. <Smile>.
Joseph the free tech guy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing yes I did. Thanks very much. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph FreeTech" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing > Hi John, > > So did you accomplish your goal? Many times listers ask for help and > others > make suggestions, but when the original poster does not convey final > results > of all suggestions, this prevents the list from learning and increasing > the > overall pool of knowledge. Posting a final outcome is also useful in that > others can save the message for later use which cuts down on the list > having > to answer the same question over and over every couple of weeks. <Smile>. > > Joseph the free tech guy! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "john" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing > > > Thanks for help. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Justice" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:51 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing > > >> Hi John, >> After opening Internet Explorer and then Tools, followed by Internet >> Options >> Jaws should speak quite a bit, and there should be an address , this is >> your >> home page address, and it is an edit field. >> Setting your home page, is not necessarily the same as setting your >> search >> provider. >> Just for clarification, your search provider, uses a search engine,, they >> are not one in the same. >> If you set Google as your default home page, then when you open Internet >> Explorer >> that is the page you will be on ready to perform a Google search. >> HTH, >> Rick Justice >> >> Tomorrow's another day, another way! >> and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "john" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:37 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing >> >> >> Hi Joseph. I am using ie 8 and tried your steps, but there is no edit >> field >> under "general" tab. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joseph FreeTech" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:21 AM >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing >> >> >>> To change your home page/search provider... >>> >>> Before making the changes suggested in email message below, try this: >>> >>> 1. first try launching Internet Explorer. >>> 2. Open Tools > Internet Options > >>> 3. You will land on an edit field within the General tab. Delete all >>> paths >>> in this edit field. >>> 4. Type the following in the edit field: www.Google.com >>> 5. Press Shift+Tab to Ok and press enter. >>> 6. Completely close Internet Explorer then launch it again and confirm >>> that >>> www.Google.com is now your search engine. >>> >>> Joseph the free tech guy! >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "david" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:45 AM >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing >>> >>> >>> >>> Internet Explorer >>> Step 1 >>> >>> Alt+t=tools, icon to open the Tools menu. >>> >>> Step 2 >>> >>> Up arrow and Select "Manage Add-ons" from the Tools menu to display your >>> add-ons by type. >>> press enter, >>> Step 3 >>> >>> Use arrow key and Select "Search Providers" under the add-on type. If >>> Bing >>> is the only search provider listed, you'll have to add another one >>> before >>> you remove Bing. To >>> do this, click "Find more search providers." Click your desired search >>> provider and click "Add to Internet Explorer." Select "Make this my >>> default >>> search >>> provider." Restart Internet Explorer and return to the Manage Add-ons >>> menu. >>> if there's more than one >>> Step 4 >>> >>> Select "Bing" use tab key and enter on remove. >>> and click "Remove." >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of john melia >>> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:54 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] getting rid of bing >>> >>> How do I get rid of bing it is no longer my search provider but at the >>> top >>> of the page it says bing how can I get rid of this. >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
