Search Bar

[kodeek]

Hi, I had a awful problem on here yesterday, in fact it took my entire evening.  I was reading some answers to a question i had (sort of) My question was Why do I all of a sudden, have a search bar, next to my browser in the top of my laptop screen.  All the the questions and answers i found were, How to get rid of this search bar (which i do want to do as well) Most importtant to me, is WHY it just appeared there in the 1st place?  Where did it come from? Could it be a red flag that someone is hacking my computer? etc?

I will greatly appreciate help, as well I do have a screenshot of when i tried to contact this HP site, Is there a e-mail adress i can use to contact this site?

Thanks a bunch

Kodeek

Unsure of what "board" to choose

[Jeet_singh]

Hi @kodeek,

Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues with help from the community!  I came across your post and wanted to assist you. I understand you are having issues with the search bar on your browser. Don't worry we'll work together to find a solution for you.

To provide you with an accurate solution, I'll need a few more details:

What browser are you using?

Did it happen after an update?

In the meantime, let's try these steps here:

If you are using IE:

On the top of the Address bar right click and then remove the check mark from search bar.

If you are using Google chrome: 

• Open Google Chrome.
• Type the following in the address bar and press Enter.
  • chrome://flags/.
• Scroll to Enable search button in Omnibox.
• Select Disabled.

Please respond to this post with the details of the browser so that I can provide you with an accurate steps which should help you resolve this issue.

Eagerly waiting for your response!

I hope you have a good day ahead,

And Feel free to ask your queries as this forum has some of the best people in the world available and ready to help.

Regards,

[kodeek]

Hi, i appreciate your help, yes i am using internet explorer, i went to the top of address bar and right clicked as you said but "address bar" was not in the box that appeared , menu bar, favorite bar, and show tabs on a seperate row, was the options that had check marks next to them. There was no updates taking place at the time that this ectra search bar appeared

kodeek

[Jeet_singh]

Hi @kodeek,

Thank you for replying,

I appreciate your time and efforts,

As I understand you are having this issues on Internet explorer. don't worry as I have a few steps which should help you resolve this issue.

Please follow the steps suggested in the support document for - Click here

Let me know how it goes for further assistance. 

Keep me posted,

If the information I've provided was helpful,

give us some reinforcement by clicking the solution and kudos buttons,

that'll help us and others see that we've got the answers!

Good Luck.

[mdklassen]

In Internet Explorer, click "Tools", and then click "Manage add-ons".

Look through the list, and "disable" the "suspicious" entry.