Search Indexer stopped working

[Guest]

I have been getting the following error msg recently: "Microsoft windows
search indexer stopped working and was closed. A problem caused the
application to
stop working correctly. Windows will notify you if a solution is available"
.. To date, windows have yet to be able to identify a solution. I spent a
VERY annoying 2 hours on the phone with Toshiba (where I can get tech support
w/o paying) and their answer was to reimage the hard drive to the out of box
state. If I wanted to do THAT, I would have done that without their "help."
Microsoft wants to charge me for tech support, since I have a non-retail
verison of vista that came with my computer (which is only slightly over one
month old!!!). I can't even turn the indexer off or choose to repair the
database from indexing options because the advanced tab is not available
because the indexer is not running - some catch 22, huh? Does anyone out
there have any input on this subject?
The following is the "problem signature" from Problem Reports and Solutions:
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: SearchIndexer.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Application Timestamp: 4549b667
Fault Module Name: StackHash_1843
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386
Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdc9
Exception Code: c0000374
Exception Offset: 000af1c9
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1843
Additional Information 2: 8ca7e0a69f6ad1148b7253e4bb6859c2
Additional Information 3: 5942
Additional Information 4: 9fba34fa76de3d26fd0c75a8f0f9c1a7

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 359648206

Please help if you can. Thanks

 

[Guest]

I am replying to my own post; this is more an addendum than a reply. I've
been on line looking around and at least I now know how to disable indexing
until the problem can be fixed: start management console - start
button/run/services.msc. Look for Windows search, highlight it and right
click for properties. In the general tab, about midway down, you'll see the
following "Path the executable:
C:\Windows\system32\searchindexer.exe/Embedding". There is a pulldown right
below to specify the startup type: make sure that the startup type is
"disabled".

Thanks in advance for anyone's help with the larger issue.