Windows Vista contains Internet Explorer 7, and on a new install it defaults to Microsoft’s Live Search, which is just horrible. Here are the easy steps to make Google the default search engine instead.

Open up Internet Explorer>> click the little search dropdown:

You must see a page with Google Web Search on it:

Click Google as fast as you can!

Make confident you check the default search provider box. This will also work in IE7 on XP as well.