On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Craig Whitmore wrote:
The method Microsoft uses to know which search engine to go to from the IE6 Search button is the "Region" you set in the Control Panels
For Example (XP)
Start.. Settings.. Control Panels.. Regional and Language Options
I have it at the moment to "English (New Zealand)" and it goes to search.msn.co.nz If I change it to "English (Australia)" it goes to search.ninemsn.com.au If I change it to "English (United States)" it goes to search.msn.com If I change it to "English (Canada)" it goes to ca.search.msn.com
I guess these are all hardcodes into IE6
Try: http://home.microsoft.com/search/search.asp on my WinXP Pro machine, it redirects to: http://search.xtramsn.co.nz/default.asp?FORM=salghm The browser probably gives out "lang= eng-nz" or something which the server uses to shunt you to the appropriate country. -- Juha Saarinen