Re: Search Assistant Not Working Right - First Test Results

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Hi Jan/Anna - Both my .reg file and IEFix (among its functions) restore the
defaults for a number of Search Related Registry entries, among them several
in the HKCU Registry hive in the case of my .reg file and also for IEFix I
believe, which differs for each user (user.dat in each individual profile).
Consequently, you need to run them logged on as each user involved for whom
the anomalous Search behavior is exhibited. I would suggest this as a first
step and then reevaluate the resultant situation to see where things stand
from that baseline.

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP/DTS/AH-VSOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
http://DefendingYourMachine.blogspot.com/



"Jan Il" <abuseSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|| "Jim Byrd" <jrbyrd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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||| Hi Jan - Just one thought really quickly (I'm on my way out) - How were
||| you
||| logged in on the laptop when you ran IEFix? as the User in question or
as
||| the (default) Admin? IIRC, IEFix want's to be run for EACH account
||| affected
||| logged into that account. More later.
||
|| Hmmm....interesting. I ran it only from the Admin account, as that is
where
|| I had to install it. I will try it again from the User account and see if
|| has a different result. I won't have time now, but, I'll try it in the
|| morning.
||
|| Jan :)
|||
||| --
||| Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP/DTS/AH-VSOP
||| My Blog, Defending Your Machine, here:
||| http://DefendingYourMachine.blogspot.com/
|||
|||
|||
||| "Jan Il" <abuseSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
||| news:uSJkgRSTGHA.4264@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||||| Hi Jim, Robert, PA Bear and all.. :-)
|||||
||||| In the first round of tests from the information that you provided
||| below,
||| I
||||| have run the IEFix on my desktop with XP Pro SP2. It *appears" to
have
||||| resolved the problem for the User account (Admin was working properly
||||| before), as I am able to get access to all the selections and lists. I
can
||||| change between the selections and dialog lists just fine. The Search
||||| Companion setting offers no Customize button, however, when I go to
||||| Start>Search and select the Change Preferences>Change Internet search
||||| behavior I am now offered the two selections, Search Assistant, or
Classic
||||| Internet search, and a list of default search engines. Voila! Once I
select
||||| the Classic Internet search, and then click the Search the Internet
||| link,
||| IE
||||| opens with the Search panel open and the usual search window, and when
I
||||| click the Customize button, I am presented with the usual 3 choices
and all
||||| the related list boxes per each selection. All appears to be normal
with
||||| the exception of the Next button, which remains grayed out.
Now.....before
||||| we get too giddy here, this may just be a period of time when the
Search
||||| functions are working ok....so I will need to monitor the situation
for a
||||| while to see if it holds, or changes again.
|||||
||||| However.......(gah....I really do hate the howevers)....in running the
IEFix
||||| on my laptop, which also has Windows XP Pro SP2, it has made no
change. The
||||| Search functions still do not operate properly except in the Admin
account.
||||| Same with the W2K machine. So....now I will proceed with the other
tasks
||||| one at a time on my laptop and see if one of them will work. I'll
check
||||| back with the results of that. But, wanted to pass on the current
||||| information.
|||||
||||| Jan :)


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