Search Companion Error

[Guest]

I have a new install of Windows XP SP1. I was getting the error message:

"A file that is required to run search companion cannot be found. You may
need to run setup."

I then referenced Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 319949. I installed
SP2, reinstalled srchasst.inf and opened balloon.xsl, bar.xsl, and
lclsrch.xml to check for corrupted files. I also tried to reintsall
pchealth.inf. None of this seemed to help. I also reinstalled SP2 in a last
attempt. Where should I continue from here?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please try the following link to Kelly's web site:

"Why doesn't Search work?"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

 

[Guest]

This page only mentions all the fixes that I have previously tried which are
in the noted MS Knowledge Base Article. Are there further issues to look for?

 

[Guest]

The only new that this page has given me is that the problems stems from not
being able to access the page 'http://sa.windows.com' I do not have a proxy
server or anything that should block my access. (Other XP users on the
network do not have this problem)