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    How to Restore Start Menu Search option in Windows Vista SP1

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Lawrence, Mar 21, 2008.

  1. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    If any of you out there are following this thread and have NOT installed SP1, could you post the contents of these two areas in the Registry:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\

    and

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Advanced\

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2008
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  2. NinjaNoodles

    NinjaNoodles Notebook Evangelist

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    No changes in those, Gary. The snapshots don't show anything worth mentioning. The second one doesn't actually exist on my computer.

    Perhaps a file was changed?
     
    NinjaNoodles, Apr 8, 2008
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  3. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    Oh! I didn't realize you had compared SP1 versus pre SP1 content. I thought you had said something about wishing you had snapshot from before your SP1 install. That's what prompted me to post the request.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2008
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    Sorry, should have been clearer. The snapshot is from before SP1, but way before SP1. I wish I had done an immediate before/after comparison. I just didn't even think about it. As a matter of fact, I rediscovered that I had the program (SysTracer) only after I did the upgrade.
     
    NinjaNoodles, Apr 8, 2008
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    Damn! I guess that brings us to the proverbial dead end. I wonder, though, why it worked for a while for Lawrence and then went belly up. Mystery.

    Thanks for your help, nonetheless!

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2008
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  6. Lawrence

    Lawrence Notebook Evangelist

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    I think its a Mystery that ONLY Microsoft can Answer.

    My Windows Vista OS was re-installed (Clean) last December.
    Then I constantly, update my computer. Then Upgraded to SP1.

    Afterwards, I applied the registry hack.
    Almost All users that tried WinBubble says It works fine.

    BUT after a week, The mystery comes. Several users says it doesn't work anymore.

    One EMAIL that I received after a day of releasing WinBubble 1.71 saying that my software is great and he gave me a tip of a small bug in my software (But it was not directly said).

    How did he know? Is he a Microsoft employee?
     
    Lawrence, Apr 8, 2008
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  7. skerryman

    skerryman Notebook Consultant

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    I have installed SP1 and my searchbar is still there. Does that mean SP1 maybe didn't install properly. It says SP1 when I go into my system details in the control panel
     
    skerryman, Apr 21, 2008
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    We're not talking about Vista start menu search here, we're talking about the vista search button.
     
    Gintoki, Apr 21, 2008
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  9. skerryman

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    Oops, sorry my bad !
     
    skerryman, Apr 21, 2008
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