Internet explorer xp i cant type nothing in my search and when i do something comes up from my desk top

Windows XP is not supported anymore. Need to Upgrade

to create the menu tab on your homepage right click in the top toolbar you should see a number of toolbar options select the menu tab which will add File Edit View Favorites Tools and Help

click on the tools at the bottom of the drop down list will be internet options or
click start control panel internet options you will see a home page box To Create Page Tabs type

each adress on its own line (type in google.com) or your preferred home page and browser
below that will be change search defaults click on settings you will see all search providers you

have if dont need any of them you can disable or remove them

click start type cmd press enter you will be in DOS mode

type in ipconfig press enter

you will see all of your internet connection details

or type in your default gateway adress into your internet search should read something like 10.0.0.138 to get an inertnet connection

hope it helps

you can have two or three or more but you need to have that amount of search engines on desk top ie; google internet explorer then google chrome as another and what ever one you want to use for that time it opens as normal and you can use one for mozill firefox and other google as you cant use two home pages on one search engine or use your droptab in internet explorer to use a preference choice but will need to change each time for the serach engine its a pain doing it that way so prob best just to down load two or three different search engines and then use your preferred engine choice using your homepage on each search engine hope that makes sense...

If you are using windows xp

click on start once you see internet explorer drag the icon on the desk tp.
if you are using windows vista or windows 7

click n the pearl button ,in the search option type internet explorer,once you see internet explorer icon drag it on the desktop

THAT'S IT!!

reset the internet browser//
step; xp computer:start/run/inetcpl.cpl/click advance tab/then click reset/restore default at the bottom.
remember ur internet explorer should be closed while u do this.
xp type the sane command in start search at the bottom when you click on start buttom . inetcpl.cpl
follow same step as above.
check to open with mozilla firefox if it doesnot work with internet explorer//
if you do not have mozilla download by going to google and in search type download mozilla firefox, will get the link and install on the computer..

Try deleting your cookies. Use one of the below options: How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 8 loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');

1. Exit Internet Explorer 8, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In Windows Vista, click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image , type inetcpl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER
   • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
3. On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box.
4. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click to clear all of the check boxes except for the Cookies check box.
5. Click Delete.

To verify that the cookie files are deleted, follow these steps:

1. Exit Internet Explorer 8, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In Windows Vista, click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image , type inetcpl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER
   • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings under Browsing History.
4. In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, click View Files. This opens the folder where your cookie files are stored.
5. In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no .txt files.

How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 7 loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');

1. Exit Internet Explorer 7, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In Windows Vista, click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image , type inetcpl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
   • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
3. On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box.
4. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Cookies.
5. In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes.

To verify that the cookie files are deleted in Internet Explorer 7

1. Exit Internet Explorer 7, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Do one of the following:
   • In Windows Vista, click Start Collapse this imageExpand this image , type inetcpl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
   • In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl in the Open box, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings under Browsing History.
4. In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, click View Files. This opens the folder where your cookie files are stored.
5. In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no .txt files.

How to manually delete cookie files in Internet Explorer 6 loadTOCNode(2, 'moreinformation');

1. Exit Internet Explorer 6, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
3. On the General tab, click Delete Cookies in the Internet Properties dialog box, under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box, and then click OK.

To verify that the cookie files are deleted for Internet Explorer 6:

1. Exit Internet Explorer 6, and then exit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Click Start, and then click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click View Files under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the folder that you opened in step 4, verify that there are no text files.

just a quick thing to try is to press ctrl, alt, del and then select file -> new task. Type in explorer and click OK and see if this makes a difference.

Let me know if this starts it up, if it does there is probably something stopping the computer get back this stage and we can look t turning this off from startup if needed

To put a shortcut on the desktop, simply click Start and then find Internet Explorer, left click and drag it to the desktop. It will create a shortcut.

download either firefox or internet explorer 8 or back up your data and re install your o/s because i presume youve spent hours trawling for solutions and this is a guarentee if you need a o/s contact me and ill sort it for you!

Is it a wireless router?

from each laptop: at the Browser Address Bar in Internet Explorer type 192.168.0.1..enter

this will let you know if you are talking to the router.