Internet explorer 7 comes with Microsoft live search as it’s default search engine.Needless to say,like many other features in Windows,this can be customized too.
Let us say that we want to set default search engine to Lycos.Making this customization is very straightforward courtesy Microsoft.
Here is how :
1.From IE7 search engine box,select the Find more providers option.
2.This will launch a Microsoft web page which has most common search engines listed.
3.Select the search engine you want to set as default(Lycos in this case),most of the major search engines are listed,there is a “Create your own” option too,feel free to try that out.
Once the search engine is selected,there will be a friendly popup box,click on Add Provider and check the box that mentions Make this my default search provider.
4.All done,check IE 7 search engine space and you will find that the default search engine has been changed to one that was selected,Lycos in this case.
Peace.