1. Click on the START button in Windows XP and then click on the Search ...more after the break...
2. Now just type the site you want to browse as shown below in the pic
An another way of browsing the internet is just go to My Computer and type in the address bar the website you want to browse as shown in the image.
In fact, this trick uses opens the Internet Explorer by default from the My Computer when you enter the URL of a website.