Administrator Problem

[wallie]

Back again with another problem.
All of a sudden a new search bar has appeared on my web browser named Bing.
I searched the net and apparently a lot of people have had this problem and there are various way's to cure it.
Tried quite a few with no success, the latest one involves adding two extra line of text to Hosts in the Windows/System 32 file, then saving it using Notepad.
First I made a backup of Hosts.
Then when I try this and get to the Save part I receive this message:
You dont have permission to save in this location.
Contact the Administrator to obtain it.

I have had this message before and I am the Administator (I think)
I am the only person using the computer, which is the main computer on a network of two computer's.
When I go into the control panel>User Accounts my name is displayed underneath of which is the words Aministrator Password protected.

I would appreciate help on solving this Administrator problem.

Thanks
wallie

[Steve R Jones]

Check out www.msn.com
As you'll see BING is the name of Microsoft's search engine. Does your look different?

[HAN]

Did you install any of the Windows Live applications? If so, Bing was probably part of one of those. (FWIW, I uninstalled all Windows Live apps that came with my netbook. Huge, bloated beaties!)

[wallie]

Mine is the same as the msn one.

wallie

[SuperSparks]

To modify your Hosts file, find Notepad in the Start mnu, right-click on it, and select "Run as administrator". Then navigate to Hosts (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc), make your changes, and go to File>Save.

Can you not just right-click the bar in IE and uncheck the Bing bar though? It would be easier.