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bullelk

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Help!!

I upgraded my computers graphics card and hard drive and decided to reformat and do a fresh install of Windows XP Home.

All was fine until I loaded SP1, now when I try to search for files by clicking on START and then Search, nothing happens!

How can I get the search function back??
 
To Restore Search Companion:

Go to \windows\system32 and find 'searchasst.inf'. Right click on it and select 'install'. You may be asked to put your Windows XP install disk in to find some files.
 
Search Disappeared

I tried that solution and some files loaded from the Windows XP CD then it asked for Windows XP SP1 CD, I don't have an XP SP1 CD but I did upgrade to SP1 via the net. What can I do now?
 
I experienced a similar thing under Win98.
Just one dll is to be refreshed; that one which appears in the falsely-formed fault message.
 
Search Missing

Erwin,

Were you able to find a fix,waht was it?
 
Re: Search Disappeared

Originally posted by bullelk
I tried that solution and some files loaded from the Windows XP CD then it asked for Windows XP SP1 CD, I don't have an XP SP1 CD but I did upgrade to SP1 via the net. What can I do now?
Have you tried navigating to the sp1 files that were created when you installed sp1? Should be in the windows folder.
 
Search Disappeared

Yes, I tried that. A file did load but when I click on start and then search.NOTHING HAPPENS.

Anyone have any ideas (besides a new install) ????????????
 
If you still have the sp1 download file make a slipstream cd of xp & sp1. It's not hard to do & the link to the guide is easy to find.

(you haven't used toni arts easy cleaner have you?)
 
Dear bullelk friend, I do not say we have common problems, but when I experienced the same, there was an error message (a very typical one), in which, amidst absolutely false statement fractures, a name of a dll appeared in a dangerously bogus context. I refreshed just this dll simply with interchange, then the problem was fixed.
 
Dear Erwin,

I have not recieved any error messages, when I click on Sart nothing at all happens. I am going to try to make the slipstream CD as Hipster mentioned and see if that works out tonight. I will post a foolow-uo this weekend, if it works.
 

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