Hi Nivard, This is not Google Instant, but is the Google AutoComplete feature that you are talking about. Apparently, there is no EASY way to turn this off, but there are some "Techie" ways to do this. There are several fixes for this on YouTube... This one involves editing the HOSTS file in Windows and adding Google links to suppress the AutoComplete feature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG05MtICCqE I will test this out myself Regards, Kevin. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi and thanks for your input > > But no its not history thats the problem, its google wanting to foist *their* search suggestions on > to me > > It predicts from the letters you type what you are looking for and suggests the first ten ranked > suggestions > > It drives me round the bend as it does many others if googling the problem is anything to go by > > So far I am no further forward > > About the only thing I can think of to try is go back to Firefox 3 but don't really want to go > backwards > > Thank you though > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > Could it be that you need to "delete history"? > > Don't know if that would solve your problem, but it may. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]

Hi Kevin All I can say is that up to a week or so ago, if I typed a search into google it came up with *my* previous search words Since about a week ago as soon as I enter a letter it gives a list of ten hits *google* thinks I might be looking for Thanks for looking for me, would be interested in result Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nivard, > > This is not Google Instant, but is the Google AutoComplete feature > that you are talking about. > > Apparently, there is no EASY way to turn this off, but there are some > "Techie" ways to do this. > > There are several fixes for this on YouTube... > > This one involves editing the HOSTS file in Windows and adding Google > links to suppress the AutoComplete feature. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG05MtICCqE > > I will test this out myself > > > Regards, > Kevin.

This doesn't seem to work.  Will have to look into it further... On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Nivard Ovington <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin > > All I can say is that up to a week or so ago, if I typed a search into google it came up with *my* > previous search words > > Since about a week ago as soon as I enter a letter it gives a list of ten hits *google* thinks I > might be looking for > > Thanks for looking for me, would be interested in result > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > Hi Nivard, > > > > This is not Google Instant, but is the Google AutoComplete feature > > that you are talking about. > > > > Apparently, there is no EASY way to turn this off, but there are some > > "Techie" ways to do this. > > > > There are several fixes for this on YouTube... > > > > This one involves editing the HOSTS file in Windows and adding Google > > links to suppress the AutoComplete feature. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG05MtICCqE > > > > I will test this out myself > > > > > > Regards, > > Kevin. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]