Changing Search Assistant’s Default Providers In Windows XP


To change the default provider for each search category (as well as the order in which the Search Assistant cycles through available search providers when you click Next), follow these steps:

1. Click Customize.

2. In the Customize Search Settings dialog box, shown in the figure, be sure that Use Search Assistant is Selected.


3. In each search category (you will have to scroll the dialog box to see all the categories), select the names of the providers you want to include.

4. To change the order in which Search Assistant consults a provider, select that provider and then click the up or down arrow. For example, to make Overture the default provider for Web page searches (assuming that Search Assistant is currently set as shown above), select Overture in the Find A Web Page list window and click the up arrow.

5. Clear the check boxes for any search categories that you don’t want Search Assistant to include. For example, if you don’t think you’ll ever need to search for pictures on the Internet, scroll down to Find A Picture and clear its check box.