IE and XP Tweaks

If you are amazed by Mozilla Custom Keywords, then heres the same in M$ Internet Explorer

Copy the following in yourFavorite Editor.

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REGEDIT4



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]

"provider"=""



[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g]

@="http://www.google.com/search?query=%s"

" "="+"

"#"="%23"

"&"="%26"

"?"="%3F"

"+"="%2B"

"="="%3D"

"/"="%2F"

"%"="%24

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Save the File with the extention as .reg (which means it is a Registry File)

Execute the file, Registry entry will be Installed.

Open your IE and in the address bar, type g Love and Machines

Yo!

(Information on tweaks is available here.)

So, the custom keyword functionality is set in your IE. btw, unless it is absolutely neccessary, try consider going for a better browser



Windows Xp seems to have some PowerToys.

A good one was desktop Panel,wherein we have 4 desktops ( similar to Linux distros provide default :)