This information applies to Windows Internet Explorer 8.
Search suggestions and Accelerator previews are features in Internet Explorer that can help you find information on the web more efficiently. Here's how they work.
Search suggestions sends text that you type in the search box to your current search provider (to Bing, Google, or Yahoo!, for example), and then the search provider generates a list of suggested terms. If one of the suggestions matches your intended search term, you can click it to perform a search.
For more information about search suggestions and search providers, see Change or choose a search provider in Internet Explorer.
Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Internet Explorer, and then, in the list of results, click Internet Explorer.
Click the Tools button, and then click Manage Add-ons.
Under Add-on Types, click Search Providers, and then select a search provider.
In the bottom pane, next to the Search suggestions: field, choose one of the following options:
Click Enable suggestions to turn on search suggestions.
Click Disable suggestions to turn off search suggestions.
Accelerator previews are pop-up windows that display information from Accelerators, which are add-ons you can use to perform searches and other tasks using text you select on a webpage.
For more information about Accelerators, see Using Accelerators to find addresses, define words, and do other tasks with selected text.
Point to an Accelerator on the list that offers previews (for example, an online dictionary). A preview will appear next to the list.
You can also click an Accelerator to perform a task and open the results in a new tab.
To display a list of your current Accelerators, under Add-on Types, click Accelerators.
Click an Accelerator in the list, and then do one or more of the following:
To change the status of an Accelerator, click the Enable, Disable, Set as default, or Remove as default buttons. Note that the buttons might change based on the current status of the Accelerator.
You can view the home page for the Accelerator service, or the site it was installed from.
To change the category of an Accelerator, in the bottom pane, next to the Category field, click change.
To find and add more Accelerators, in the bottom pane, click Find More Accelerators.
To remove an Accelerator, click the Remove button.
Click Close.