Searching In XP (Crazy Tick)

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I have WinXP MCE 2003 for the first time via a laptop. I am very familiar
with anything PC. Here's my problem. I hear a ticking sound when I use
Windows search. I have Hanz as my search assistant as opposed to Merlin,
Rover, etc.

How do I get rid of the annoying ticking that occurs as it finds/searches my
computer? And yes, I did disbale all sounds via the control panel sound
effects section. Thank you in advance for your patience and time to respond.
 
Lady said:
I have WinXP MCE 2003 for the first time via a laptop. I am very
familiar with anything PC. Here's my problem. I hear a ticking sound
when I use Windows search. I have Hanz as my search assistant as
opposed to Merlin, Rover, etc.

How do I get rid of the annoying ticking that occurs as it
finds/searches my computer? And yes, I did disbale all sounds via the
control panel sound effects section. Thank you in advance for your
patience and time to respond.
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Does the ticking sound seem like it's coming from your hard drive? If
so, this is not A Good Thing. Run a diagnostic utility on the drive
downloaded from the drive mftr.'s website. You will make a bootable
cd/floppy with the file you download. Boot with the media you created
and do a thorough test. If the drive fails any physical tests, replace
it.

In all the many, many times I've run Windows searches on various
machines I've never heard a ticking sound so I doubt it is the Search
program.

Malke
 
As 'Hanz' searches it ticks. No, it's not the HD definitely. I had it happen
before when I first got XP. I figured out,finally, over serval days how to
get rid of it, I just can't seem to recall how to do it again. I will keep
trying. Have a great day Malke.
 
Lady said:
As 'Hanz' searches it ticks. No, it's not the HD definitely. I had it
happen before when I first got XP. I figured out,finally, over serval days
how to get rid of it, I just can't seem to recall how to do it again. I
will keep trying. Have a great day Malke.
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Well, it's good news that "Hanz" is responsible for the noise and not your
hard drive. I'm sorry that I can't help you with "Hanz" because the first
thing I do on a Windows box is turn off the animated character. Better yet,
I install Agent Ransack which is a free search program that is far better
than XP's built-in one. Here's the link if you want to try it:

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Malke
 
Yeah, as I hear... all their search companions have sound effects. Will look
at the link you'e suggested as well as turning them off completely. Again,
thanks and have a great one!!
 
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