1. Click Start (then run in Windows XP) and type Regedit.

2. Click on the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Software
then Policies
then Microsoft
then Internet Explorer

3. If the Internet Explorer key doesn’t exist, create one by right-clicking on the Microsoft key and select New > Key. If the Internet Explorer key is there, skip ahead to step 5.

4. Name the key Internet Explorer

5. Right-click on the Internet Explorer key and select New > Key

6. Name the key InfoDelivery.

7. Right-click an the InfoDelivery key and select New > Key

8. Name the key Restrictions.

9. You should now be at:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ InfoDelivery \ Restrictions

Right-click the Restrictions key and select New > DWORD Value

10. Name the value NoSearchBox and click on a blank area of the window.

11. Double-click on the NoSearchBox value and give the value 1.

12. Close Regedit.

This will disable the Internet Explorer 7 search box from appearing from now on.