Filter to block Google Suggest

[Oddysey]

PR;

I think you're referring to Proxo's URL Alias List commands, and for sure, that's a good way to go......... or is it? From what I can tell, you can't enter additional terms after the initial "dot alias". Anything in the address bar after the dot alias is ignored by Proxo, and the browser tries to take over, sending you off to its own default search engine. That's not what I need.

However, not all is lost. If you are truly using a USB stick to haul your personal profile around (meaning, your desired utilities), then you can easily include a Registry file that can be imported to the OS when you arrive at that computing station. Let me explain the procedure for any other readers who might be unfamiliar with the concept.........

Upon plugging in the USB stick, the first thing you'd do is "update" the local Registry with your personalized entries by importing them from a text file held on that same USB stick. Open the Registry Editor, click on Registry/Import, browse to the appropriate text file on the stick, and Presto!, the local machine is now ready to obey your URL search commands.

The only trick is to write the text file such that it works on any Windows system you're likely to encounter. If you have to use both W9x and NT-class systems, then you'll have to write two sections, one for each of them. The beauty here is, the two are mutually exclusive, and will never interfere with each other. IOW, those keys entered under one OS, but meant for the other, will be cheerfully ignored! Thus, you can keep your text file up-to-date on any machine as you wish, then when you arrive at the following machines, you need only do the import thing, and all Search entries will be updated. If you delete something, that should be deleted from all the Registries you visit (via an appropriate text file entry), but it's not Earth-shattering if you don't.

In this manner, any IE user that has to jump around can do so with full capability, and without causing other machine users any distress. (The keys are in Current User identities, not in Local Machine.) That is, providing you are indeed using an identity specific to you, and not sharing the whole enchilada with everyone else.

Quote:er, what is "ISO-8859-1"?

That's the specific character-set which the browser uses to render text. I'm referring to my diatribe, here. I believe you'll find that part way down, you asked roughly the same question. Mike (z12) and I discussed it for awhile, I'm hoping that you'll review it, and get the gist of why I made the oblique reference. (I know, never laugh at yourself, it robs other people of the chance to laugh at you first. )

HTH


Oddysey