I am running Vista 32 with IE 7. My problem is with the address/url bar. I have to type the "www." before each url or I get an error that reads "Windows can not find "cnn.com". Check the spelling and try again." This happens with every url I type in. As soon as I add the "www." it goes right to the site.
How do I eliminate having to type the "www."? I never had to do it in XP?
There is a shortcut that you can use - this is 'Ctrl'+enter/return. This appends 'http://www.' to the left and '.com/' to the right. For example, this forum is 'vistax64', so you would enter that into the address bar and then use the shortcut. It would then appear as 'http://www.vistax64.com/'.
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This happens with every url I type in. As soon as I add the "www." it goes right to the site. 
