RE: Users, Groups & Built-in Security Principles

From: jodip (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/17/04 

Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 00:46:05 -0700

Thanks to both of you! (Shenan and Roger - for previous help re RE: Users, Groups & Built-in Security Principles)

I have purchased a few AV and AT programs and they will always be enabled and I will keep his Norton's subscription up-to-date. He will also have firewall through XP enabled as well as a new purchase of an external FW from his service provider.

Somewhere through all this disinfecting and clean up................(and it is at this point that I could scream as I have no hair left to pull out after this exercise! I am just not that tech literate being self taught!)

After using Registry Mechanic (I think it was at this point), the PC is now unable to perform "search" from within the start menu. Clicking the search icon the PC freezes for approximately 120 seconds and then the cursor appears again - nothing else appears to be happening. No search results page opens where you can articulate your search with the search assistant on the left hand side, nothing. It just remains at the desktop with the start menu expanded.

The PC can, however, search albeit very slowly from within the "my computer" folder. The system is now performing extremely slowly (and frequent "this program is not responding" messages occur for browsing or starting programs, though if you wait a while it actually starts responding again). Task Manager doesn't show any errant processes.

"Last Good" and system restore still don't allow the search function to be used.

How do I:

1. Get the search function to correctly work again from the start menu;
2. Improve the overall performance speed of program execution?

Thanks again you guys!

Loading