Wht is it that every time i try to do a web search the window im on disappears?

Question

for example i tryto go to wikipedia the window disappears and i have to open up a new 1. when i open up the new 1 the same thing happens

Answer 1

Open a new window for every link is checked in your options.  It sounds like you do not have IE7 or Firefox.  Get both.  You will like tabbed browsing. Your choice then will be whether to go immediately to the new tab or not. Or you can make it work the way you don't like now.