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There is a program on your machine that controls the Hotkeys on the
keyboard. Use that to change the key for the program/link/whatever that you
want to use. This a 3rd party program. Not part of XP.
Try HP website help.
technical support -2004 Standard Keyboard PS/2
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Home.jsp?locale=en_US&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=405291&lang=en&cc=us
Support & Drivers
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:316fcnF33qcroU1@individual.net,
Justin <anonymous@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> I use Firefox. I am trying to set the Search Shortcut Key on my
> Keyboard to go to google.com every time I hit it. It is not. It is
> opening the AOL software looking to make an Internet Connection
> first, not recognizing that there is already a connection present
> through my default AT&T connection. I believe I have the key set
> correctly through the control panel, but I can't figure how to make
> the system stop opening AOL every I press the keyboard shortcut key.
>
>
> "Mike Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote in message
> news:vWdrd.8459$NU3.4668@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>> Justin wrote:
>>> 1. AT&T is set as my default connection.
>>> 2. control panel>keyboard>buttons>search is set to
>>> a. Simple Web Page w/label
>>> b. Display Label-Google
>>> c.Address /uhttp://www.google.com
>>>
>>> When I press the corresponding shortrcut key on the keyboard, AOL
>>> opens (I do have an account, but do not use for my connection) and
>>> starts. I just want it to go to google.com when I hit the button, as
>>> I already have an active connection running using AT&T. What am I
>>> missing here? (HP PS2 Keyboard (2K-3)) Thanks!
>>
>> You didn't say if your browser was Internet Explorer IE, but since
>> you are posting with OE, I'll assume that.
>>
>> I don't understand the question as you've posed it and I don't know
>> about how that HP keyboard works about its shortcuts or what it looks
>> like inside your HP keyboard inside the CP / keyboard icon, but....
>>
>> ... if I wanted to go to google when I started up Internet Explorer,
>> I would make it my home page in a normal non-AOL Internet Explorer,
>> and I would configure IE/ Connections/ and set 'Dial whenever a
>> network connection is not present'
>>
>> Then, if you click open IE it will/should want to go to homepage
>> google and 'normal' IE will/should use your ATT dialup connection as
>> configured and dial if it needs to connect and not dial if it is
>> already connected.
>>
>> One of the problems with having AOLware installed is how it wants to
>> take over your sockets. It sounds to me like your browser is trying
>> to be an AOL browser.
>>
>> --
>> Mike Easter
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