Why do i have to type HTTP:// ?

Could anyone help me here please, some how when i have to go to a address like virtualdr i have to type in the full url like: Http://www.virtualdr.com for it to work this happened with every website. Normally i just type in the www.virtudaldr.com or virtualdr.com and it work. But this couples off days i have to type in the full url to get to that address can some help me

Take a look at Tools->Net Options->Advanced (see pic)

i ready checked but it the same thing it keep on going to that page

There is a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate that has the following in it:

Code:

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"1"="www.%s.com"
"2"="www.%s.org"
"3"="www.%s.net"
"4"="www.%s.edu"

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If I type in something the status bar on my IE5.5 shows as it checks the entered value at each address format substituting what I typed for the %s

Hi , it is best if you give us as much detail about your problem as you can, particularly what version of IE and what OS you have. If it is IE 6 and or XP or 2k, then this should help
(copy and paste all this ):-

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"


Copy and paste the above as is into notepad, save as url.reg and save to desktop. Double click on desktop icon and merge into registry.