Q: I use SP2 Windows XP system. I don't know what's going on. Now I open the search item, and it's blank, and the related search setting options can't be opened. Only the searched dog sat there.

A: Do you systematically "slim down"? Or the system file is corrupted by the installation program. Generally, there is a similar performance: after the "search" function is turned on, the system pops up an error dialog box, prompting that "the file needed to run the search assistant cannot be found. You may need to run setup. , you can try to solve it in the following ways:

Method 1: Open the folder C:\Windows\inf, find the srchasst.inf file, right-click and select "Install" in the pop-up menu to reinstall the search assistant function.

Method 2: Run regedit to open the registry editor, navigate to [HKEY _ Current _ User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Resource Manager \ Cabinet Status], create a new string value of "Use Search Assistant", and set its value to "No".

Method 3: Reinstall Service Pack 2, and the installer will fix some problems in the system.

Method 4: Download and install the Q3 19949 patch ... b-93a4-F02c21BCB15a from /downloa to solve the file loss problem of the search assistant.