Currently running WindowsXP with service pack 2. I just noticed when selecting SEARCH from the start menu, the hourglass appears then the system hangs and never gets into the search function. The clock will stand still also. I can open anything on the desktop but clicking on START button does nothing. It will not recover on its own. Upon reboot all other programs seem to operate normally until I try to SEARCH for something. Looking at the task manager shows no other apps running. I have scanned the harddrives several times for virus, trojan, malware activity and found none. What can be causing this ? Thanks in advance........
"studli1" wrote: > Currently running WindowsXP with service pack 2. I just noticed when > selecting SEARCH from the start menu, the hourglass appears then the system > hangs and never gets into the search function. The clock will stand still > also. I can open anything on the desktop but clicking on START button does > nothing. It will not recover on its own. Upon reboot all other programs seem > to operate normally until I try to SEARCH for something. > > Looking at the task manager shows no other apps running. I have scanned the > harddrives several times for virus, trojan, malware activity and found none. > What can be causing this ? > Thanks in advance........
I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS YOU. Have you been able to fix it . I haven't found the answer yet. Please reply if you do. Thanks, zommer
Thanks for the reply. I wish I had good news. There are a few similiar problems posted in "Windows xp general" or "basic". Nothing there helped me though. After two weeks with no responses, I elected to reload xp. I had also lost the ability to run any .exe file as well as access the task manager. Seriously thinking about going back to Linux. Good Luck "zommer" wrote: > > I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS YOU. Have you been able to fix it . I haven't > found the answer yet. Please reply if you do. Thanks, zommer
