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More info?)
Golly! There's always something.
Glad you got it working.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:45A8A96A-8699-4478-8997-2CBFB9FB2D84@microsoft.com,
Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Nevermind, I got it working now. It turns out the user had the Bagle
> virus.
>
> Thank you for all of your help, Wesley.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> The link pointed to the item *ABOVE* Home Page Setting Changes
>> Unexpectedly
>>
>> [[Reset IE Search engine to defaults
>> Sudden change in the Search engine settings in Internet Explorer
>> indicates your browser is hijacked. Before attempting to repair the
>> Search to defaults, first scan the system for parasites and remove them.
>> Then, reset the search settings using the fix available here:
>> RestoreSearch2.REG]]
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#ResetSearch
>>
>> [[The problem stems from Search Assistant being unable to connect to
>> http://sa.windows.com. This can be caused by proxy servers, firewalls
>> and some "ad blocking" software.]]
>>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>>
>> Unwanted Windows XP connections to sa.windows.com
>>
http://www.neuro-tech.net/archives/000345.html
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:FF5966AB-41D9-4083-8CBE-D56434D39CC4@microsoft.com,
>> Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Nothing is wrong with her homepage.
>>>
>>> I think that it has something to do with how her PC tries to access
>>> http://sa.windows.com...
>>>
>>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am sorry to hear that, Laura.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe this will help...
>>>>
>>>> Reset IE Search engine to defaults
>>>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#ResetSearch
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>
>>>> In news:3823E70F-8F9B-43A3-9E1E-BF66534115C1@microsoft.com,
>>>> Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> It still doesn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Laura,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> %systemroot% is a variable that shows the location of the Windows XP
>>>>>> root directory (for example: C:\WINDOWS). So if Windows is on the
>>>>>> C: drive %systemroot% = C:\WINDOWS. I have no idea what drive
>>>>>> Windows is on on your machine, so substitute %systemroot%, that way
>>>>>> it doesn't matter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There should be two srchui.dll files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One srchui.dll in
>>>>>> %systemroot%\srchasst
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> C:\WINDOWS\srchasst
>>>>>> This is the srchui.dll that is used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One srchui.dll in
>>>>>> %systemroot%\system32\dllcache
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
>>>>>> This is the srchui.dll that is used by Windows File Protection and
>>>>>> System File Checker (Sfc.exe) to replace messed up system files.
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LoadLibrary("srchui.dll") failed - The specified module could not be
>>>>>> found.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You get this error because regsvr32.exe is looking in the
>>>>>> %systemroot%\system32 folder for srchui.dll, because it isn't there,
>>>>>> you get the error message.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You have to include the path to srchui.dll.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paste this in the Start | Run box:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regsvr32 /u %systemroot%\srchasst\srchui.dll
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And click OK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you need to reregister it later.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regsvr32 %systemroot%\srchasst\srchui.dll
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wes
>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In news:5AE8E720-E22D-423C-ACD8-D5CF97B2F72C@microsoft.com,
>>>>>> Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>>> I figured out how to unregister it by running "regsvr32 /u
>>>>>>> srchui.dll", but I keep getting an error saying that the specified
>>>>>>> module could not be found. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Laura" wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How do you unregister a .dll file? In addition, do you happen to
>>>>>>>> know which instance of srchui.dll to unregister (I found 2
>>>>>>>> instances of it)?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This worked for one fellow...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [[Ok... I've been reading through the posts on the search
>>>>>>>>> companion all day and I've finally figured it out.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I went in to "C:\Windows\srchasst\" and deleted everything I could
>>>>>>>>> I then unregistered the srchui.dll file
>>>>>>>>> Then I went into "C:\Windows\Inf\" right clicked srchasst.inf and
>>>>>>>>> clicked install.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This did it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A couple notes.
>>>>>>>>> I tried just reregistering the srchui.dll file and that did not
>>>>>>>>> help I tried just installing srchasst.inf without deleting the
>>>>>>>>> files and that did not work as well.
>>>>>>>>> I tried to reregister shell32.dll, no luck
>>>>>>>>> I running SFC and ran a complete scan - didn't fix it.
>>>>>>>>> I ran the automated system recovery and this did not work as
>>>>>>>>> well... I tried coping the C:\Windows\srchasst\mui\0409\*.* files
>>>>>>>>> from a known good computer to the computer with the problem and
>>>>>>>>> this didn't fix it either.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, I don't know why everything had to be deleted and reinstalled,
>>>>>>>>> but it worked.]]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wes
>>>>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In news:A244D52F-D734-4AAF-8E4E-1B5353C12030@microsoft.com,
>>>>>>>>> Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>>>>>> Like I said, I already tried reinstalling it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Will Denny" wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please see the following link to Kelly's web site:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Why doesn't Search work?"
>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Will Denny
>>>>>>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>>>>>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Laura" <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:EFC7B5D0-8022-40B4-B524-2A3C9EA0AE92@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a user with the default settings for Search Companion.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Last week, she
>>>>>>>>>>>> noticed that it all of a sudden stopped working. Whenever she
>>>>>>>>>>>> types in something to search and clicks on the Search button,
>>>>>>>>>>>> IE sits there for a minute, and then comes back with the
>>>>>>>>>>>> following error message:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Unable to connect
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Web site is currently unavailable or the connection to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Internet has
>>>>>>>>>>>> been lost. Make sure you are connected to the Internet and try
>>>>>>>>>>>> again."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The Search Companion doesn't work either if I run IE as the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Administrator. For now, I have her using the Classic search,
>>>>>>>>>>>> but she would like to use the
>>>>>>>>>>>> Search Companion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas? I have tried re-installing the Search Companion by
>>>>>>>>>>>> running install on srchasst.inf.