Mark,
Did you ever resolve this?
I just got a brand new PC with XP Pro SP2 pre-loaded 4 days ago. I have the
same problem, but it wasn't there at the very beginning. It seems to have
shown up somewhere around the time that the cable technician installed
software on the machine for the cable modem. Whether it's related to the
cable software or not is uncertain, but considering how invasive the install
was, I wouldn't be surprised.
Anyway, one additional thing I've noticed about Windows Explorer is that the
Status Bar continually flickers. I suspect it might be related to the Address
Bar problem. Have you noticed it too? I wonder whether there is a service
running in the background that's causing it.
Trent
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"Mark Milliman" wrote:
> For several months now the address bar in Windows Explorer will not let me
> finish typing a directory, URL, or file name in the text box. It reverts
> and selects whatever is the current directory or takes a few characters of
> what I am typing. The only way I can put anything into the text box is to
> cut-and-paste it. The other account on this computer does not have this
> problem.
>
> I have tried to turn off auto-complete and several other things, but nothing
> works. The address bar in IE does not behave like this which surprises me.
> I tweaked the registry with the tweak from line 157 on Kelly's site to no
> avail. This problem is driving me nuts because there are many times that it
> is quicker to type something in the address box than clicking.
>
> Please help,
> Mark
In news:38369C65-7404-40A3-9AAB-41CD49E122AA@microsoft.com,
Trent Leach <TrentLeach@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Mark,
>
> Did you ever resolve this?
>
> I just got a brand new PC with XP Pro SP2 pre-loaded 4 days ago. I
> have the same problem, but it wasn't there at the very beginning. It
> seems to have shown up somewhere around the time that the cable
> technician installed software on the machine for the cable modem.
> Whether it's related to the cable software or not is uncertain, but
> considering how invasive the install was, I wouldn't be surprised.
>
> Anyway, one additional thing I've noticed about Windows Explorer is
> that the Status Bar continually flickers. I suspect it might be
> related to the Address Bar problem. Have you noticed it too? I wonder
> whether there is a service running in the background that's causing
Not sure what the issue is, but note that you really ought NOT to let the
cable dude ever muck around with your computer. There is absolutely nothing
they need to install, if you have a network card and TCP/IP. There's no
authentication required as there might be in DSL, and all they're installing
is 'branded' software you likely don't need.
All you need to do is connect the computer to the cable modem, and you ought
to be good to go. Ipconfig /renew may be necessary if your computer doesn't
automatically get an IP address.
Of course, you will have your Windows firewall (or another firewall) active
before connecting *any* computer to the Internet, even for a scant
nanosecond, right?
> it.
>
> Trent
>
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> "Mark Milliman" wrote:
>
>> For several months now the address bar in Windows Explorer will not
>> let me finish typing a directory, URL, or file name in the text box.
>> It reverts and selects whatever is the current directory or takes a
>> few characters of what I am typing. The only way I can put anything
>> into the text box is to cut-and-paste it. The other account on this
>> computer does not have this problem.
>>
>> I have tried to turn off auto-complete and several other things, but
>> nothing works. The address bar in IE does not behave like this
>> which surprises me. I tweaked the registry with the tweak from line
>> 157 on Kelly's site to no avail. This problem is driving me nuts
>> because there are many times that it is quicker to type something in
>> the address box than clicking.
>>
>> Please help,
>> Mark
