Dear NG:

Win XP SP3
IE 6 latest patches.

I have the Address bar setup as a toolbar anchored to the top of my desktop.
I find it very handy for internet searches.

Recently, I've noticed that if I type a search string into the Address bar
(toolbar), IE opens and shows the results on Roadrunner's (my ISP) search
page instead of MSN's, as it use to do.

Let's say I type Microsoft in the Address bar (toolbar), and select: Search
for "Microsoft" from the drop down menu.  The text in the Address bar
changes to
http://auto.search.msn.com/response.asp?MT=Microsoft&srch=6&prov=&utf8 and
IE opens to Roadrunner's search page with
http://ww23.rr.com/search.php?search=Microsoft&src=1 in IE's Address bar.

I've gone through all of the customizations and preferences for Search in
IE.  They seem to have no effect on which search site the Address bar
(toolbar) uses.

I've checked the Registry setting for IE's auto-search:
HKEY_CURRRENT_USER\Software|Microsoft|Internet Explorer\SearchURL, it
currently reads: http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s

I'd like to know if I can change the search site that the Address bar
(toolbar) on my desktop uses, back to MSN or for that matter, change it to
which ever search site I like?

Thanks,

-Kevin

P.S. I've come across a work-a-round using TweakUI Search prefixes but I'd
still like to learn what happened and if anyone knows how to restore the
Address bar (toolbar) search site.