Search Companion has reverted to old Search Results

[birdman]

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My Search Companion now calls itself Search Results and does not offer to
find Pictures, music, or video, Documents, etc. Also the animated assistant
is not available nor is the change preferences option. I had a nasty virus
attack and had to repair XP Pro. All else is repaired as far as I can tell,
but this version of Search is not nearly as handy. Any ideas? Thx, BB.

 

[galen]

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In news:9B78D110-55E5-48C3-8E8C-1467C9CEF77D@microsoft.com,
Birdman <Birdman@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My Search Companion now calls itself Search Results and does not
> offer to find Pictures, music, or video, Documents, etc. Also the
> animated assistant is not available nor is the change preferences
> option. I had a nasty virus attack and had to repair XP Pro. All else
> is repaired as far as I can tell, but this version of Search is not
> nearly as handy. Any ideas? Thx, BB.

Does re-installing the search companion help?

How Do I Re-Install The Search Companion:
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_reinstall_the_search_c.htm

Galen
--

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[birdman]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

I tried that right before posting the question. It asked for my XP Pro
upgrade disk and I navigated it to the i386 directory where it loaded the
file. However, nothing changed. The window does not appear in Web Page format
either.

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:9B78D110-55E5-48C3-8E8C-1467C9CEF77D@microsoft.com,
> Birdman <Birdman@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > My Search Companion now calls itself Search Results and does not
> > offer to find Pictures, music, or video, Documents, etc. Also the
> > animated assistant is not available nor is the change preferences
> > option. I had a nasty virus attack and had to repair XP Pro. All else
> > is repaired as far as I can tell, but this version of Search is not
> > nearly as handy. Any ideas? Thx, BB.
>
> Does re-installing the search companion help?
>
> How Do I Re-Install The Search Companion:
> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_reinstall_the_search_c.htm
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
> trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
> come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

Search Results is Classic Search, it is what I use.

Try this.

Go here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Read the instructions at the top
Scroll down to...
49. Old Style Search Engine On or Off
Click on Off

This turns on the Search Assistant. Nice doggie. ;-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:4A459C31-669C-4B8D-A649-4BBC632FF88B@microsoft.com,
Birdman <Birdman@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I tried that right before posting the question. It asked for my XP Pro
> upgrade disk and I navigated it to the i386 directory where it loaded the
> file. However, nothing changed. The window does not appear in Web Page
> format either.
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:9B78D110-55E5-48C3-8E8C-1467C9CEF77D@microsoft.com,
>> Birdman <Birdman@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> My Search Companion now calls itself Search Results and does not
>>> offer to find Pictures, music, or video, Documents, etc. Also the
>>> animated assistant is not available nor is the change preferences
>>> option. I had a nasty virus attack and had to repair XP Pro. All else
>>> is repaired as far as I can tell, but this version of Search is not
>>> nearly as handy. Any ideas? Thx, BB.
>>
>> Does re-installing the search companion help?
>>
>> How Do I Re-Install The Search Companion:
>> http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_reinstall_the_search_c.htm
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
>> trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
>> come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes