Use this simple trick to change the default search engine on IE6.

TechCrunch reported earlier that Bing.com is being forced on to Windows users, particularly the ones who use Internet Explorer 6. Any attempts to change the default search engine results in an error.

Even though Bing.com seems to perform better in terms of search it still is the young kid in the town and it has to be time tested before you might trust it with all your searches.

Until then, if you still wanted to continue using Google as your default search provider on Internet Explorer 6 then all you have to do is to go into,

Tools > Internet Options > Security > Restricted Sites tab. Then add “bing.com” (and “www.bing.com”) to the list of restricted sites.

Now Internet Explorer 6 can get rid of the forced-upon Bing.com and can use Google as the default search engine.

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