Re: Search Companion doesn't work

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Nothing is wrong with her homepage.

I think that it has something to do with how her PC tries to access
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"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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> >> Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> >>>>> Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>>> news:EFC7B5D0-8022-40B4-B524-2A3C9EA0AE92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>>> 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.
>
>
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