Re: Search assistant

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Reinstall the Search Companion Files:

1. Log on to the computer by using an account with administrator permissions.
2. Click Start, click Run, type: %systemroot%\inf , and then click OK.
3. Locate the "Srchasst.inf" file.
4. Right-click the "Srchasst.inf" file, and then click Install. This reinstalls the files
that Search Companion uses.

NOTE: You may need your Windows XP CD-ROM to finish installing Search Companion.

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Stephen" wrote:

| Hi
| My search assistant stopped working ages ago which is very frustrating. I
| have followed several solutions where other people have had the same problem
| but none has worked for me. Anyone know a foolproof method to sort this
| out? I'm running XP pro SP2
|
| Stephen

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