"Search the web and Windows" won't work - any suggestions?

Sounds like Malware. Malware, adware, and pushy software installers all love changing your browser settings, giving you new home pages, default search engines, and obnoxious toolbars.

Reverting browser settings changes typically isn’t too difficult. However, you often have to do it by hand — even if it’s a legitimate program, uninstalling it probably won’t restore your preferred home page and default search engine.


You can change your search engine back easily, by following these steps:

Internet Explorer: Click the gear button, select Manage add-ons, and select the Search Providers category. Choose your preferred search provider from the lit and click the Set as default button at the bottom of the window. You may also want to enable the “Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider” check box.

Mozilla Firefox: Click the search engine icon in the search box at the top-right corner of the Firefox window. Select your preferred search engine from the list.

Google Chrome: Right-click inside the location bar at the top of the Chrome browser window and select Edit search engines. Mouse over your preferred search engine and select Make default.

We were having that problem after we switched to Windows 10. I don't do computers much, either, but I had figured out how to make it work. I think I was either right-clicking on it or opening from programs. Either way, we had 10 removed.

Good luck.

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure what OS he was referring to either. The prompts I listed will help troubleshoot.