I have a user that insists he cannot click "search" since being switched to
Windows XP. I cannot find any information on the net or this site. I suspect
it may be a corrupt user profile but he says another user gets the same
problem. No error message that I'm aware of, just the window pops up and then
closes. Any thoughts?

Take a look at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Select S and scroll to Search don't work.
"JL" <JL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49E17B07-EF1A-4BE2-A9B0-ED3638C1AE51@microsoft.com...
>I have a user that insists he cannot click "search" since being switched to
> Windows XP. I cannot find any information on the net or this site. I
> suspect
> it may be a corrupt user profile but he says another user gets the same
> problem. No error message that I'm aware of, just the window pops up and
> then
> closes. Any thoughts?

Not much information to go on, but nonetheless -

Try removing 3rd party browser extensions (in IE, Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, Browsing,
“uncheck” Enable Third Party Browser Extensions, then run a system file scan, (SFC) and
re-registered these dll files.

Click Start, Run, then type in: (pressing Enter after each one)
regsvr32 /i browseui.dll
regsvr32 /i shell32
regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll


You may also need to:
Click Start, Run, then type in: regsvr32 /i C:\windows\srchasst\srchui.dll
Press Enter


If the above fails to fix the problem, then consider the following links for more information:-

Troubleshooting Search Issues in Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#search

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


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"JL" <JL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:49E17B07-EF1A-4BE2-A9B0-ED3638C1AE51@microsoft.com...
>I have a user that insists he cannot click "search" since being switched to
> Windows XP. I cannot find any information on the net or this site. I suspect
> it may be a corrupt user profile but he says another user gets the same
> problem. No error message that I'm aware of, just the window pops up and then
> closes. Any thoughts?