Hi Everyone, This is my first post to this site.I work on different Pc's as a side hobby(mostly family and freinds with little profit!). Anyway i just removed spyware
from a pc running xp home using adaware-spybots & hijack this. I Did not post Hijack this log to any site,but may have taken out one Key that shouldnt have.
Everything on pc seems to be fine with one exception,when you click on Start-Search, the Start and Quick Launch buttons are frozen and the search window does not open. But if you open IExplorer window and click on the search button on top toolbar it works fine! Does anyone know what branch of the registry to look at,or what might be causing this. I will not be able to post back until l return home later. Thanks, Blase

Try this file:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/xp_fix_search_error.vbs

Download and execute it and see if that helps

Thank's Will try & let you know if it works

Hi, Tried the VBS file but did not correct the "frozen Buttons" I cant do a sys restore because i turned it off when removing spyware. Would there be anything on the xp cd (repair console) that might work? Thanks

Try this:

Thank's for the fix!! It worked. I remember removing a search line in hijack this that said it was a (no file). This must have replaced that file, Thanks alot for your help.Blase

Have you since enabled System Restore? If not, you should.

It is always a good idea to disable System restore. After cleaning your system of unwanted intruders and (or) virus'. That way they do not hide in there. Which means that they can re-surface, if a restore is ever applied. Though enable directly after.