Re: Search Companion

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Carrie Garth (PostInGroup_at_invalid.cxg)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:39:45 -0500

:|:|: "Sean" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
:|:|: Message news:112001c48bde$621f5e40$a301280a@phx.gbl
:|:|: <SNIP> when I click on search, all that comes up is a
:|:|: 'search results' window with a search 'bar' on the left
:|:|: hand side and a display frame on the right. I can't see any
:|:|: place to 'change preferences'. Can anyone help me?

|:|: "Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg>
|:|: Message news:%23jwPOzEjEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
|:|: Perhaps the Windows XP Search Companion Interface has been
|:|: disabled by using the registry modification described in the
|:|: following Microsoft Documentation <SNIP>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/xpmanaged/23_xpsch.mspx

:|: "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com>
:|: news:47BE7DE9-DAD9-408A-AF7C-1B1729294D98@microsoft.com
:|: I don't have that registry key. <SNIP>

:| "Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg>
:| Message news:ecdX0kSjEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl
:| <SNIP> a default install of Microsoft Windows XP does not
:| create it, so "no worries about" <SNIP>

| "Sean" <Sean@discussions.microsoft.com>
| news:2DB83DB3-AD5B-4211-9907-39752A91ED9B@microsoft.com
| Carrie:
| I think you are on the right track. It must be a setting or
| registry setting because it follows me around on any
| workstation I log on to on the network. If someone else logs
| onto my computer they are able to use the search companion.
| When I click on search it comes up with a sidebar to search for
| files and folders. I am looking through technet to find
| something. I also just installed SP2.

Hmmm, if "it follows me around on any workstation I log on to on
the network" then I suppose your computer is a member of a
domain. A domain where a Domain Administrator can customize your
computing environment, redirect your Profile, etc.. If that
statement is correct then I suggest that you discuss this issue
with that Administrator.

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