XP's Search

[JoeM]

When I open search in XP all I have is the dog on the left side. I can not
search for anything. Is there any way to correct this?

 

[JS]

Do you have a 'Change Preferences' option visible, if yes then:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307851/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307980/en-us

JS

 

[JoeM]

Don't have that. Just "Search Companion"

Do you have a 'Change Preferences' option visible, if yes then:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307851/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307980/en-us

JS

 

[JS]

The only thing I found was this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319949
About half way down this article was the following:
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.


JS

 

[JoeM]

This folder is missing "srchasst" I am replacing it now see what happens
Thanks

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Joe,

Go to Start - Run and type or paste each of the following commands, one
at a time while pressing enter after each one.

regsvr32 jscript
regsvr32 vbscript
regsvr32 /i mshtml

 

[JoeM]

Will try this next\
thanks

Hi Joe,

Go to Start - Run and type or paste each of the following commands, one
at a time while pressing enter after each one.

regsvr32 jscript
regsvr32 vbscript
regsvr32 /i mshtml