Windows Explorer error during Search

[Guest]

I use Windows Explorer all the time, searching for files on various drives
available to me via our LAN. But lately, when I click on the Search button at
the top of Explorer, the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) utility steps in,
notifies me that it is closing Explorer, and a standard Error reporting box
appears asking if I'd like to report this problem to MicroSoft (which if
course I always do).

Everyone in my department is having this problem. Has anyone else? Any fix
or workaround? ANYBODY???????

 

[Guest]

I should further clarify that this started right after the latest round of
updates from MicroSoft, principally Service Pack 2.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Is there anything recorded in the Event log?

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I should further clarify that this started right after the latest round of
updates from MicroSoft, principally Service Pack 2.

 

[Guest]

Here is what I found in the Event Log:

Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

Is there anything recorded in the Event log?

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I should further clarify that this started right after the latest round of
updates from MicroSoft, principally Service Pack 2.

I use Windows Explorer all the time, searching for files on various drives
available to me via our LAN. But lately, when I click on the Search button at
the top of Explorer, the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) utility steps in,
notifies me that it is closing Explorer, and a standard Error reporting box
appears asking if I'd like to report this problem to MicroSoft (which of
course I always do).

Everyone in my department is having this problem. Has anyone else? Any fix
or workaround? ANYBODY???????

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Check here.

You receive a "Data Execution Prevention" error message in Windows XP Service Pack 2 or in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875351

Now, to find the offending program/shell extension, try "Method 2" in this page:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Here is what I found in the Event Log:

Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.3156, faulting module
unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00000000.

Is there anything recorded in the Event log?

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I should further clarify that this started right after the latest round of
updates from MicroSoft, principally Service Pack 2.

I use Windows Explorer all the time, searching for files on various drives
available to me via our LAN. But lately, when I click on the Search button at
the top of Explorer, the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) utility steps in,
notifies me that it is closing Explorer, and a standard Error reporting box
appears asking if I'd like to report this problem to MicroSoft (which of
course I always do).

Everyone in my department is having this problem. Has anyone else? Any fix
or workaround? ANYBODY???????