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Old 07-06-2008   #1 (permalink)
HHantu


 
 

Vista Search Fails to Initialize

Hi

For some reason my Vista search has stopped working completely. The service
is still running though. Everytime i run the search i get the error message
"search fails to initialize".

Can anyone help pls.
Thanks.

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Old 07-07-2008   #2 (permalink)
Dave Wood [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Vista Search Fails to Initialize

I would suggest updating to the latest version of Windows Search, available
here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157


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> Hi
>
> For some reason my Vista search has stopped working completely. The
> service
> is still running though. Everytime i run the search i get the error
> message
> "search fails to initialize".
>
> Can anyone help pls.
> Thanks.
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Old 07-09-2008   #3 (permalink)
HHantu


 
 

Re: Vista Search Fails to Initialize

Hi Dave,

I cant use that KB because im not on Vista SP1 (which itself is another
problem, for some reason the SP1 update keep failing on me. Vista SP1 support
cant figure it out either).

Thanks.

"Dave Wood [MSFT]" wrote:
Quote:

> I would suggest updating to the latest version of Windows Search, available
> here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157
>
>
> "HHantu" <HHantu@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news7A2ED88-408D-4C22-9FC0-08C25B290DF0@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > Hi
> >
> > For some reason my Vista search has stopped working completely. The
> > service
> > is still running though. Everytime i run the search i get the error
> > message
> > "search fails to initialize".
> >
> > Can anyone help pls.
> > Thanks.
>
>
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Old 07-09-2008   #4 (permalink)
HappyAndyK


 
 

Re: Vista Search Fails to Initialize


Try 'Troubleshooting Windows Vista Search & Indexing Errors'
(http://www.winvistaclub.com/t24.html).


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Old 07-09-2008   #5 (permalink)
HHantu


 
 

Re: Vista Search Fails to Initialize

Im trying out some of the steps from the article. thanks.

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