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[Guest]

After starting my machine - clicking start and Search my machine simply hangs.

All other responses are fine all other applications and utilities. I can
even search using windows explorer.

Can anyone help?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Reinstall the Search Companion Files:

1. Log on to the computer by using an account with administrator permissions.
2. Click Start, click Run, type: %systemroot%\inf , and then click OK.
3. Locate the "Srchasst.inf" file.
4. Right-click the "Srchasst.inf" file, and then click Install. This reinstalls the files
that Search Companion uses.

NOTE: You may need your Windows XP CD-ROM to finish installing Search Companion.

Windows XP Search Problems
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_search_probs.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| After starting my machine - clicking start and Search my machine simply hangs.
|
| All other responses are fine all other applications and utilities. I can
| even search using windows explorer.
|
| Can anyone help?

 

[Guest]

I have tried this and the machine still hangs when I click on Search - after
the Start button.

Is there any way of reinstalling the Search element without reinstalling the
whole of windows xp.

If I reinstall windows xp will it lose all the programmes I have installed
already?