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Thread ID: 82191 2007-08-18 21:35:00 Wizard search wont open kryten (1115) Press F1
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582472 2007-08-19 15:49:00 zqwerty the problem seems to be that the 'search' box wont appear.....so you advice may be quite difficult to follow drcspy (146)
582473 2007-08-19 16:50:00 Okay, try this (not having the os cd makes things tricky, but you may have the necessary files on your hard drive already)
www.updatexp.com


I'm using XP Home, but I have an XP Pro disc. I probably did the wrong thing, but I typed "sfc /scannow" into the run box, when prompted for the os disc I inserted the Pro disc. It did a scan, when it finished it just closed. I tried the Search again but still the same, no window opened. I may be wrong but I thought the Pro disc would have the same files required as what the Home disc has, probably my naivety.
Sorry to keep comming back to trouble you further, but is there any way I can search for all bmp files on my system without using the Wizard Search? like some software I can download that does this.

Thanks again to all who've replyed, these Forums are a life saver ....
kryten (1115)
582474 2007-08-19 18:48:00 While are you are still trying to get your Windows Search to work, there are other programs that index and search the contents of your computer:

Copernic Desktop Search (www.copernic.com) - This is free, and as you can see it can search for pictures (www.copernic.com).

Google Desktop Search (desktop.google.com) - Also free, and displays your search results in a similar manner to how google web page search results are displayed.
Jen (38)
582475 2007-08-19 19:58:00 You could possibly do a repair install with your Pro disc, but I'm not sure about that, does anybody else know if that'd work? Speedy? feersumendjinn (64)
582476 2007-08-19 21:35:00 You could possibly do a repair install with your Pro disc, but I'm not sure about that, does anybody else know if that'd work? Speedy?


XP Home product key normally wont work with XP Pro disc, you would need a legal XP pro key, as it would upgrade XP HM to XP Pro.

Easier to beg,Steal ( NOT) or borrow a XP Home CD.
wainuitech (129)
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