Can't install google as a search provider

[goorambatman]

When setting IE8 up (first run setup) I have the option of selecting a search
provider but I can't install google. I get the below message.

Internet Explorer could not install this search provider.
There was a problem with the search provider's information.

From this website:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-intl/default.mspx?dcsref=http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx#

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Will you ever learn to state your full Windows version when posting to this
newsgroup? Are you referring to IE8 RC1?]

Error "Internet Explorer could not install this search provider" when adding
a Search provider:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/79
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Post by goorambatman
When setting IE8 up (first run setup) I have the option of selecting a
search provider but I can't install google. I get the below message.
Internet Explorer could not install this search provider.
There was a problem with the search provider's information.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-intl/default.mspx?dcsref=http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx

[goorambatman]

Yes RC1

[goorambatman]

OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3

[goorambatman]

I attempted the fix: regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\msxml3.dll

got the error:

RegSvr32
The module "C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll" was loaded but the call to
DllRegister failed with error code 0x80070005.

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Post by goorambatman
I attempted the fix: regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\msxml3.dll
RegSvr32
The module "C:\Windows\system32\msxml3.dll" was loaded but the call to
DllRegister failed with error code 0x80070005.

Most likely explanation is that you have a permissions problem with that.

You could investigate that possibility using either ProcMon or
DependencyWalker. Hint: with the latter you use the tool's Profiling
feature on the regsvr32.exe command with the command-line syntax
you are using. Then when the command is executed via the profiler
you will get some clues in its log about what is happening when the
error occurs. If necessary you could do both, e.g. run the profiler
and trace its activity with ProcMon.

http://www.dependencywalker.com/help/html/application_profiling.htm


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[goorambatman]

I wonder how this would have came about seeing my version of windows is a
clean install and I have only one user account which has Administrator's full
permissions.

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Post by goorambatman
I wonder how this would have came about seeing my version of windows is a
clean install and I have only one user account which has Administrator's full
permissions.

Did you try using DependencyWalker then? Was I right?
The answer to your question could be third-party security programs.


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[goorambatman]

as good as these programs sound I am not keen to try them. I am running
McAfee SecurityCenter 8. Perhaps an issue.

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[I've been Ignoring his idiotic ramblings for weeks now.]

Batman,
We are just going to ignore your posts if you don't supply ALL relevant
information. OS version and Service Pack level, all error messages in full
and the address of web sites where the problem occurs.
As far as I know, you are still using the pirated copy of the "Partner
Build".
Please post back with your userAgent string also.
Copy and Paste this
javascript:var sAgent=navigator.userAgent;var sresult=confirm('User Agent
String:\t' + sAgent + '\n\nCopy to the
Clipboard?');if(sresult==true);external.menuArguments.clipboardData.setData('Text',sAgent);
into the Address Bar of IE8 and press enter (on any web page except
about:blank).
A prompt will display with your Browsers' UserAgent string. Select "Yes"
to
copy this to your clipboard.
Open a reply message on this thread and Paste (Shift+Ins) your clipboard
contents (which will be your UserAgent string). We need this information
to
diagnose your issue.
Regards.

Post by goorambatman
as good as these programs sound I am not keen to try them. I am running
McAfee SecurityCenter 8. Perhaps an issue.

[rob^_^]

Ops!

That code snippet will not work ..it was for a button script, not a
bookmarklet.


Should be

javascript:var sAgent=navigator.userAgent;var sresult=confirm('User Agent
String:\t' + sAgent + '\n\nCopy to the
Clipboard?');if(sresult==true);window.clipboardData.setData('Text',sAgent);

Regards.

Batman,
We are just going to ignore your posts if you don't supply ALL relevant
information. OS version and Service Pack level, all error messages in full
and the address of web sites where the problem occurs.
As far as I know, you are still using the pirated copy of the "Partner
Build".
Please post back with your userAgent string also.
Copy and Paste this
javascript:var sAgent=navigator.userAgent;var sresult=confirm('User Agent
String:\t' + sAgent + '\n\nCopy to the
Clipboard?');if(sresult==true);external.menuArguments.clipboardData.setData('Text',sAgent);
into the Address Bar of IE8 and press enter (on any web page except
about:blank).
A prompt will display with your Browsers' UserAgent string. Select "Yes"
to
copy this to your clipboard.
Open a reply message on this thread and Paste (Shift+Ins) your clipboard
contents (which will be your UserAgent string). We need this information
to
diagnose your issue.
Regards.

Post by goorambatman
as good as these programs sound I am not keen to try them. I am running
McAfee SecurityCenter 8. Perhaps an issue.

[rob^_^]

Batman,

We are just going to ignore your posts if you don't supply ALL relevant
information. OS version and Service Pack level, all error messages in full
and the address of web sites where the problem occurs.

As far as I know, you are still using the pirated copy of the "Partner
Build".

Please post back with your userAgent string also.

Copy and Paste this

javascript:var sAgent=navigator.userAgent;var sresult=confirm('User Agent
String:\t' + sAgent + '\n\nCopy to the
Clipboard?');if(sresult==true);external.menuArguments.clipboardData.setData('Text',sAgent);


into the Address Bar of IE8 and press enter (on any web page except
about:blank).

A prompt will display with your Browsers' UserAgent string. Select "Yes" to
copy this to your clipboard.

Open a reply message on this thread and Paste (Shift+Ins) your clipboard
contents (which will be your UserAgent string). We need this information to
diagnose your issue.


Regards.

Post by goorambatman
as good as these programs sound I am not keen to try them. I am running
McAfee SecurityCenter 8. Perhaps an issue.

[goorambatman]

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB5; SLCC1;
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR
3.5.21022; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3;
OfficeLivePatch.0.0)

Thanks Rob, yeah sorry about forgetting to put my specs in. I am using the
Public release of IE8 RC1.

Windows Vista Service Pack 2 v.113: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
IE8 RC1: 8.0.6001.18372


Ignoring the consumer is a bad choice PA Bear. That's how microsoft got
into trouble with it's first release of Vista and let Apple in.

[rob^_^]

Hi,

I did not see your reply until now. Forget RoBears comments. We have been
getting sh...y trying to read ppl's minds.

Can you still not install the Google Search Providers?

I Presume that you are using http://www.ieaddons.com/en/searchproviders/ (It
may be different depending upon your Windows locale settings or your IE
Language settings.)

Have you tried the usual - Running in no-Addons mode.

I have MyWebSearch toolbar installed but disabled (It stops you from
changing your Default Search Provider - utter malware... that’s another bar
fight), but I can install the Google Search Provider np. with the
MyWebSearch Toolbar and satellite bho's disabled.

Can you install other Search Providers from ieAddons.com?

There may be something wrong with your userAgent string (can't tell you
what - NDA's) but I would expect that you would not be able to install any
Search Providers if this was the cause.

This is my registry settings for the Google Search Provider

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchScopes\{224147F8-FF32-43B2-A07B-A1EC05D4A805}]
"DisplayName"="Google"
"URL"="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q={searchTerms}"
"ShowSearchSuggestions"=dword:00000001
"SuggestionsURL_JSON"="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&client=firefox&qu={searchTerms}"
"OSDFileURL"="http://www.ieaddons.com/en/DownloadHandler.ashx?ResourceId=813"
"FaviconURL"="http://www.google.com/favicon.ico"
"FaviconPath"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\{User Name}\\Local
Settings\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\Services\\search_{224147F8-FF32-43B2-A07B-A1EC05D4A805}.ico"


You may have something similar except with a different UID value.

Did you migrate your Search Providers from a previous installation of IE8 or
IE7?

Actually, you should be able to save the above to a .reg file and then merge
it into your own registry.

Hey look at the Google Search Suggest query parameters....
output=firefox&client=firefox


Regards.

Post by goorambatman
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; GTB5; SLCC1;
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR
3.5.21022; InfoPath.2; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3;
OfficeLivePatch.0.0)
Thanks Rob, yeah sorry about forgetting to put my specs in. I am using the
Public release of IE8 RC1.
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 v.113: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
IE8 RC1: 8.0.6001.18372
Ignoring the consumer is a bad choice PA Bear. That's how microsoft got
into trouble with it's first release of Vista and let Apple in.

[goorambatman]

I am using this site where i was directed to at IE8's first start
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-intl/default.mspx?dcsref=http://runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx#

My Language is English (Australian) and my time zone is GMT+10.00.

I ran IE without add-ons and that didn't work.

I can't install other search providers.

I have Google toolbar 5 installed, McAfee SiteAdvisor 2.6 which might cause
problems.

My security software is McAfee SecurityCenter 8.

Seeing as I could not install the search providers in without add-ons mode i
doubt that it's a plug-in/tool bar causing the problems.

Could it be Vista Service Pack 2?

[Brian]

1.Click "Start"
2.Go to "Run"
3.Type "GPEDIT.MSC" and press "Enter"
4.Computer Configuration>
5.Administrative Templates>
6.Windows Components>
7.Internet Explorer>
8.Restrict changing the default search provider (Right Click) turn it to
Disable.
9.To apply press "OK".
10.The settings are now changeable in IE8.

[goorambatman]

I have two Keys under the key search scopes:

Key Name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 27/01/2009 - 10:39 PM
Value 0
Name: SuggestionsURLFallback
Type: REG_SZ
Data:
http://api.search.live.com/qsml.aspx?query={searchTerms}&src={referrer:source?}&maxwidth={ie:maxWidth}&rowheight={ie:rowHeight}&sectionHeight={ie:sectionHeight}&FORM=IE8SSC&market={Language}

Value 1
Name: FaviconURLFallback
Type: REG_SZ
Data: http://www.live.com/favicon.ico

Value 2
Name: FaviconPath
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Users\Hooper\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico

Value 3
Name: URL
Type: REG_SZ
Data:
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&src={referrer:source?}&Form=IE8SRC



and



Key Name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchScopes\{6A1806CD-94D4-4689-BA73-E35EA1EA9990}
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 27/01/2009 - 9:56 PM
Value 0
Name: DisplayName
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

Value 1
Name: URL
Type: REG_SZ
Data:

[Sharon [MSFT]]

Try deleting the second entry under SearchScopes which contains the empty
DisplayName and Url values. (you can delete the entire folder.)

Post by goorambatman
Key Name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 27/01/2009 - 10:39 PM
Value 0
Name: SuggestionsURLFallback
Type: REG_SZ
http://api.search.live.com/qsml.aspx?query={searchTerms}&src={referrer:source?}&maxwidth={ie:maxWidth}&rowheight={ie:rowHeight}&sectionHeight={ie:sectionHeight}&FORM=IE8SSC&market={Language}
Value 1
Name: FaviconURLFallback
Type: REG_SZ
Data: http://www.live.com/favicon.ico
Value 2
Name: FaviconPath
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Users\Hooper\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico
Value 3
Name: URL
Type: REG_SZ
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&src={referrer:source?}&Form=IE8SRC
and
Key Name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchScopes\{6A1806CD-94D4-4689-BA73-E35EA1EA9990}
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 27/01/2009 - 9:56 PM
Value 0
Name: DisplayName
Type: REG_SZ
Value 1
Name: URL
Type: REG_SZ

[goorambatman]

Thanks Sharon that solved the problem. Google installed as my search
provider successfully.