Arrrgh !! Search Results keeps appearing on Vista Bootup

the_tyke · 6 Jan 2009 at 09:19

My Wife's laptop has a very annoying problem. Every time it boots up into Vista , Search Results opens up too. If you click it off, it keeps coming back and the only way to get rid of it is by CTRL ALT DEL and then click End task.....Until the next time it boots up.

I've run 2 Antivirus programs, Ad-Aware, Spybot. But I can't get rid....any ideas ???

Firegod · 6 Jan 2009 at 16:26

Hmmm there is nothing in like the startup tab of msconfig is there?

Start > Run > 'msconfig'

gillywibble · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:10

If you're not sure what apps are loading in the startup tab of msconfig, switch everything off except for your anti-virus.

the_tyke · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:40

This is what I'm getting:

I've checked startup in msconfig and I can't find anything

gillywibble · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:42

the_tyke said:
This is what I'm getting:

I see you haven't disabled startup items. Do that first.

Firegod · 6 Jan 2009 at 19:49

I wonder also, you may have a shortcut in your "startup" folder.

"C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Have a look in there.

the_tyke · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:52

I think this is t he culprit, but I can't delete it even with User Account Control switched off. It does'nt appear in start up items

C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe