>>>>>You would think that if I type "wral" into the browser address bar, it would know that I probably want www.wral.com by default. Instead, it brings up something called Live Search, which shows a list of possible sites. Oddly, the first one is not www.wral.com, but www.wral-tv.com. Maybe the option to handle that is in IE7 somewhere, but I haven't come across it. I know, what about all those people who wanted www.wral.org? That's why I would want a default setting.
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>>>>I trick I was told a few years back about IE. After typing the 'wral', instead of hitting the Enter key, holf the Ctrl key and then hit the Enter key. IE will complete the address for you.
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>>>STAR STAR STAR
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>>>That was great! Exactly what I was looking for. See? I'm not the only one who thinks that's a good idea. Someone had to program it in.
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>>I have supprised as how few people are aware of the trick. I first learned about it from the fox team at microsoft.
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>That is a nice trick. Thanks for sharing!

You mean - there might actually be someone else who would want it to go directly to the .com address? But why?! Isn't having it bring up a search page good enough? Man, Mike... I think there must be something wrong with you. <g>